Valleywag Shuts Down, Consumerist to Follow

Gawker Media empire scion Nick Denton announced his so-called "doom-mongering" 2009 Internet Media Plan on Wednesday and then promptly announced that Valleywag, the widely-read, Silicon Valley "tech gossip rag",...

Gawker Media to Lay Off 14% of Editorial Staff

Gawker strikes again, but this time against its own people.Nick Denton announced Friday that 14% of Gawker's editorial staff will be laid off as "a preventative measure" to offset against the collapsing...

Gawker: If you don't buy this magazine we'll kill this dog

"In January 1973, National Lampoon published what would become one of the most famous magazine covers of all time: A photograph of a cute pup with a gun held to its head, next to the headline "If You Don't Buy...

Gawker Writer Quits After Just One Day of Work

An embarrassing moment for Nick Denton..."All is not well in the house of Denton. We hear that just one day after media reporter Richard Morgan began at Gawker.com, he's already quit. Just yesterday, site owner...

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