Saturday, October 02, 2004

Guess he nailed that

Richard Bennett, 5/20/04

Denton’s genius is his uncanny ability to exploit bright but emotionally-disturbed young women

New York Times Magazine, 9/26/04

Denton is the world's first blogging entrepreneur. He owns a bunch of these smart-alecky blogs -- Wonkette; a New York City gossip site called Gawker; a Hollywood site, Defamer; and Fleshbot, a porn site. Anytime somebody builds a media empire, especially one that includes pornography, you assume the money is good, but in the Wonkette's case, it isn't. Her starting salary was $18,000 a year. (She's getting bonuses now for increased traffic, but not much.)

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