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Gawker’s New Pay Scheme Will Save Us All

Gawker’s New Pay Scheme Will Save Us All

Yesterday Gawker Media’s owner Nick Denton announced that the network is “shifting” from awarding writer bonuses based on pageviews, to…

by Nick Douglas
10:08am Jan 6, 2010
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Twitter Is Profitable. Your Argument Is Invalid.

Twitter Is Profitable. Your Argument Is Invalid.

Oh. Thank. God. Twitter’s deals with Google and Microsoft (letting the two companies search Twitter in real-time) total $25 million…

by Nick Douglas
3:25pm Dec 22, 2009
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You’re Not Wrong, Capitol, You’re Just an Asshole

You’re Not Wrong, Capitol, You’re Just an Asshole

Have you seen the video from Vimeo where the hipster kids lip-sync to Harvey Danger’s “Flagpole Sitta”? It’s an internet…

by Nick Douglas
5:57am Dec 17, 2009
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Tablets Are for Olds. My New Computer Is a Phone.

Tablets Are for Olds. My New Computer Is a Phone.

I am living in the future. My phone reads books and tells me where my friends are and scans barcodes.…

by Nick Douglas
9:00am Dec 11, 2009
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Foursquare: Disregard Yelp, Acquire Currency

Foursquare: Disregard Yelp, Acquire Currency

I have a business plan for Foursquare: Fuck Yelp, get money. Yelp is getting unreliable. Gawker knows it. VentureBeat knows…

by Nick Douglas
9:30am Dec 2, 2009
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SXSW: How to Get in Free and More

SXSW: How to Get in Free and More

SXSW’s film and music pedigrees (begun as a music festival in 87, later adding film and “interactive” portions) make it…

by Nick Douglas
9:00am Nov 24, 2009
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