“As a print journalist, if you hear a rumour you try to stand it up and if you can't, the story dies. With a blog you can throw the rumour out there and ask for help. You can say: 'We don't know if this is true or not.” IfsKnowsTryingHelpingStoriesDiesAsksJournalistPrintBlogsRumours Author:Nick Denton
“Critics say Internet advertising suffers from limitless inventory, which depresses prices. These exclusive front-page sponsorships are not limitless. If HBO doesn't move quickly enough, Showtime can buy out Gawker and Jezebel for the key fall TV season. On any individual day, there isn't room for both of them; and that's healthy.” IfsEnoughMovingSufferingFallIndividualRoomsFrontsTvsKeysInternetHealthyPagesSeasonsCriticsAdvertisingDepressingExclusiveLimitlessInventoryHboSponsorshipShowtimeJezebel Author:Nick Denton
“Henry Blodget does occasionally have a new idea. If you're making a point about aggregation or the emptiness of modern journalism, he's far from the best target. Try Huffpo - or Gawker writers whose souls have been corroded by irony.” IfsTryingDoeHas BeensIdeasSoulModernJournalismIronyEmptinessTargetNew IdeasModern Journalism Author:Nick Denton
“I think people are sort of waking up to it now, how probably the biggest change in Internet media isn't the immediacy of it, or the low costs, but the measurability. Which is actually terrifying if you're a traditional journalist, and used to pushing what people ought to like, or what you think they ought to like.” PeopleIfsThinkingUsedMediaOughtInternetCostLowsWake UpTraditionalJournalistPushingWakingImmediacy Author:Nick Denton
