"[A]ccording to the Internet tracker Site Meter, unique visitors to [Gawker] more than doubled, to more than 13.6 million so far this month, from 6.7 million last January, because of popularity of the posts related to Cruise and to the actor Heath Ledger.

"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."

"The [John Sweeny/Scientology] incident is one of the first examples of ‘video ambushing’, where organisations being investigated turn the camera on the film makers."

John Sweeney on the video of him losing it in an interview with Scientologists: "I fell into his elephant trap. He shouted at me and I shouted back, louder. If you are interested in becoming a TV journalist, it is a fine example of how not to do it."