Embracing the chaos of their new ‘open forums,’ Gawker now features a tip-sharing box that gives commenters the ability to post directly to the site using a hashtag-based system.

Having already repositioning Silicon Valley gossip site Valleywag as a column of the Gawker website, Nick Denton’s blog network has folded their Hollywood focused site, Defamer, into the main site too. Denton says that the move will help boost a national readership to the site with New York beginnings.
Hollywood gossip site Defamer is being merged into Gawker, the company’s flagship gossip title. The four-year-old title will continue as Gawker’s entertainment column; the movie-industry stories will remain showcased on Defamer.com but the sites will be staffed and managed as one.
Gawker now draws more than 3m visitors a month — four times [...]

Gawker’s "unlucky" 13th website will focus on gambling. As the announcement says,
One day, everything will be a wager, from a hand of poker to the likelihood
you’ll be struck down by a bioterror attack before the next brain backup. One
day. For now, there’s Oddjack. It’s a sneak peek at the future of gambling.

www.oddjack.com
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