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Nick Denton Quotes

Total quotes: 13
“Blogs are likely to be better for readers than for capitalists, while I love the medium, I’ve always been skeptical about the value of blogs as businesses.”
— Nick Denton, nymag.com
Tagged: Blogging, Blogs, Book Publishing, Capital, Money, Online Publishing, Publishing
“I still believe that writers are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.”
— Nick Denton, Observer.com
Tagged: Control, The Media, Writing, Journalism, Power of Words
“We're no strangers to controversy. That's why people come. And the advertisers come for that audience.”
— Nick Denton, Gawker CEO: I'm 'slightly impressed' by Thiel's 'Count of Monte Cristo' revenge
Tagged: What?, Gawker, Thiel vs. Gawker
“We, and those you have sent into battle against us, have been stripped naked, our texts, online chats and finances revealed through the press and the courts.”
— Nick Denton, An Open Letter to Peter Thiel
Tagged: Transparency, Thiel vs. Gawker, Denton’s Strange Realtionship With Transparency
“I believe in total freedom and information transparency. I want everybody to know everything. And I think society, this country that I moved to will be better off if we could talk freely about everything. So that’s – I’m an extremist when it comes to that.”
— Nick Denton, 2D15-5044 / Appendix 1
Tagged: Privacy, Transparency, Thiel vs. Gawker, Denton’s Strange Realtionship With Transparency
“Freedom of expression will always be more popular in principle than in practice. We want to be free to express ourselves, but are less enthusiastic when that freedom is exercised by others with whom we disagree. Nobody likes a critic.”
— Nick Denton, The Hogan Verdict
Tagged: Legal, Lawsuits, Freedom of Expression, Gawker, Freedom of Speech Except
“To follow the daily or hourly news cycle is the media equivalent of day-trading: it's frenzied, pointless and usually unprofitable. I'd much rather read an item which just showed me the photos or documents. And if you're going to write some text, take a position or explain something to me. Give me opinion or reference; just don't pretend you're providing news. That's not news.”
— Nick Denton, thewire.com
Tagged: Commerical Writing Strageties, Media, Opinions
“To follow the daily or hourly news cycle is the media equivalent of day-trading: it’s frenzied, pointless and usually unprofitable. I’d much rather read an item which just showed me the photos or documents. And if you’re going to write some text, take a position or explain something to me. Give me opinion or reference; just don’t pretend you’re providing news. That’s not news.”
— Nick Denton, thewire.com
Tagged: News, Publishing
“When I was disengaged, I didn't leave any real authority in place. In my absence, the company ticks along nicely; with the challenge of Buzzfeed and Vox, ticking along nicely is no longer enough. Even when I'm here, if I'm obsessed by something, other parts of our common project can spin off in unpredictable directions, causing me to overlook developing risks and opportunities. As Joel said, I am the company's greatest asset — and it's greatest liability. To be saved from myself, like many of us, I need partners in the fullest sense of the word, to take up the slack or keep me on focus. And I didn't have them.”
— Nick Denton, Observer.com
Tagged: Business, Buzzfeed, Delegation, Partnerships, Vox, The Importance of Partners
“For Silicon Valley, the media spotlight is a relatively recent phenomenon. Most executives and venture capitalists are accustomed to dealing with acquiescent trade journalists and a dazzled mainstream media, who will typically play along with embargoes, join in enthusiasm for new products, and hew to the authorized version of a story. They do not have the sophistication, and the thicker skins, of public figures in other older power centers such as New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.”
— Nick Denton, An Open Letter to Peter Thiel
Tagged: Gawker, Valleywag, Silicon Valley, Thiel vs. Gawker
“Gawker is the hardest of our sites to define. It started out as a Manhattan media gossip site — and retains that initial personality. But that topic only appeals to 100,000 or so people. And Gawker.com now has a monthly global audience of 10m. It needs that scale to get internet advertising and to satisfy our competitive urges. So we’ve had to range more widely — into reality television, news of the weird, crime news and — yes — sex tapes. Ultimately the audience determines the story mix. Beyond our editorial core, we run what excites audience interest.”
— Nick Denton, Gawker.com
Tagged: Publishing, Gawker Media
“This company was founded by a gay man and two women. I have never been comfortable with the role of a traditional CEO. And for obvious reasons I have never been comfortable in a company dominated by territorial men. I hope I have made space for others who don't fit the mould. And I pray that my information networks are still good enough to identify those leaders too busy being capable to promote themselves. At Gawker, despite the reputation of our journalism, nice guys finish first. And women.”
— Nick Denton, Observer.com
Tagged: Gawker, Media Companies
“The natural form of online media is the exchange, not the blast. Tommy's ethos gives us the best chance of recapturing the honesty of blogs, before their spirit was sapped by the tastes of the Facebook masses. 'We put truths on the internet.' That's Tommy's motto. I can subscribe to it. Dauntingly, it's down to our writers to provide a constructive but critical voice in an American culture. And it's down to our product managers, designers and developers to encourage a similar tone in the discussions sparked by stories. ”
— Nick Denton, Observer.com
Tagged: Blogging, Facebook
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