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Gawker Media is a business based in New York that is created on the basis of a basic model of content delivery. Denton, UK and former Financial Times journalist, was one of the few who bought into the dot-com boom and came out rich two technological entrepreneurship. It refuses to disclose whether Gawker is profitable, or how much they paid to the “editors” (bloggers, or people who provide the content).

Lockhart Steele, the managing editor, was recently interviewed and that conversation gave the specific data that eludes Denton. He is the person who is in constant communication with publishers, divided between New York and around the country. Each publisher has signed a contract requiring it to publish 12 times a day in exchange for a flat fee: $ 2,500. We recommend posting, if possible, eight times before noon, to make readers return again and again. Steel said his company is testing an incentive program to pay writers based on the traffic they attract.

“We’re profitable,” he added. “We are small, we have no overhead, no office. They all work at home. Gawker Nick founded with the idea of creating a set of blogs in specific topic areas, hire independent editors, get much traffic and then sell advertising. Knowing that no site would in itself to make fortunes, at least 10 sites serve to create an interesting business. ” This harsh description angered Denton, who went on to say that the data had been misinterpreted.

The simplicity of the model alone explains the zeal to discredit Denton brings enthusiasm generated by the commercial potential of weblogs. He knows perfectly well that the models are copied. He also knows that competitors have larger networks than yours and they are already copying the Gawker model.

The model: The idea was to attract advertisers to a universe – of blogs – they do not know where they feared and incursions. By bringing together blogs, the company acquires an air of respectability. Advertisers treat Gawker titles more seriously because it is part of a group. In places, the cost per thousand of a notice can range from $ 4 to $ 50.

“I will not get rich publishing blogs. It is not about money. Nor is it corrupting the art of the blogger. If someone accuses me of posting as a routine – 12 times a day – is true. We believe in publishing schedules . But we do nothing to prevent the emergence of other models in this sector, or independent writers continue doing what they used to. There is room for both. “

Few escape the fate successful ideas that someone used to make money. The blog is no exception. Started as a personal diary that N.N. the world used to say about what pleases them. Today, some charge for writing. When he appeared, the blog was conceived as a simple tool for people to express their thoughts, feelings, emotions and so on heaven and earth.
A blog, they said, is a personal diary, a forum for opinions about politics, economics, business, social or whatever and then receive comments and share ideas or discuss with other people. Specifically, is a website set up, with little technical knowledge, for people who need or desire to publish their ideas and share them with others.

When the blogs were millions who populated the Web, came from the idea of advertisers using them as a new marketing channel, is for brand campaigns, or to sell, or promotions.

So, little by little, began the original blog denaturation. Today its meaning is another. Its looks more professional appearance and content, often used to market products and services. Today you can make money with blogs.

Questioned by reporters about the success of their venture, Nick Denton, director of Gawker Media, emphatically rejected their marketability. Gawker is a huge network of weblogs in constant growth, one of which is Gawker, site specializing in news and gossip. “People ask me for my empire. What empire? Please do not make me laugh.”
He said the only reason he formed the company, was more attractive to advertisers with its network of blogs. At a time when we are discussing the potential of the form, where it is rumored that blogs can change the course of business, Denton is indifferent, disbelieving, skeptical. “Please come with me what the blog revolution, this type of site serves more to destroy people, careers and brands to promote.”

Throughout the conversation with the journalist, he attributes all the fuss about the supposed new revolution of marketing professionals who believe in a new chapter. But beyond the contempt and indifference with which Denton refers to that “no revolution” seems indisputable that he and his team are trying to convert the form online diary on the job, if not lucrative, at least viable. Big advertisers like Audi, Nike and General Electric have tried to draw eyes on Gawker’s blogs.