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Gawker Media Closes Oddjack

Gawker Media Closes Oddjack

By Guy Brighton on November 23, 2005

Nick Denton has decided to close down one of his blogs less than 6 months after it was launched. Oddjack focused on gambling but site that didn’t quite get the popularity of the other Gwkr blogs. On his blog Denton says:

"Blog titles are like new TV shows. Some make it; some don’t. Oddjack, Gawker Media’s gambling site, was one of the ones that didn’t. And it’s best to cancel the show sooner rather than later…. The moral of the story: it’s easy to launch sites; much harder to make them popular."

The site was Gawker Media’s 13th blog.

Denton’s Blog

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