Silicon Alley Insider publishes what apparently is the email Nick Denton sent to fire Gawker writer Maggie Schnayerson. It’s content reflects the direction Denton is trying to take the online publishing house by rewarding writers for generating readership: apparently Schnayerson fell short of her target 670,000 pageviews last month by 510,000 impressions.
Hmmmm….

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Ouch!
Looks like they will be heading towards the lowest common denominator.
Not that it’s my business – I wonder what your policy is at PSFK?
How many daft comments I leave per story perhaps :)
February 26th, 2008 at 9:20 am
It’s the diabolical siren song of granularity again. Pointing to the market justifies anything.
February 26th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
media maquiladora!
February 27th, 2008 at 4:35 pm