"[F]or the second and now … third quarters of 2008, the company has reduced the rate of pay per pageview."

"When it comes to what succeeds on the web it’s exactly what British newspapers have been doing well for years.’ It is, [Nick Denton] says, why Gawker and its brethren would never have succeeded here. Our print media is already bitchy, sharp and stroppy.

"the British press were given special access to the prince in return for the silence. But they probably would have remained silent anyway. … An extraordinary display of acting like pussies …"

"Nick Denton’s Silicon Valley blog, Valleywag, is flying at the moment, finding its voice and building a reputation in tenacious all-sides-covered reporting on Yahoo/Microsoft. Its stats, above, show the strong growth you’d expect of a rising star."

"Gawker is now hosting a copy of the video; it’s newsworthy; and we will not be removing it."

"Gawker is now hosting a copy of the video; it’s newsworthy; and we will not be removing it."

Edward Wasserman: "The problem with online Popularity Pay is it that it mistakes journalism for a consumer product, and conflates value with sales volume. Journalists don’t peddle goods, they offer a professional service, a relationship."

Techcrunch ‘brings in $240,000 per month in advertising — but Nick Denton says blog publishing companies are "still minuscule by the standards of traditional media. And none have weathered a downturn."

Jarvis dines with Murdoch…