There is one thing that Denton, for all his genius didn’t yet learn: on the internet you are nothing unless you value the group of people who made you a star (i.e. your readers and commenters). Fail to recognize their importance and they will make sure you learn your lesson… that’s the one thing big new media (internet media empires like Gawker) have yet to learn. The newspaper model of people buying your garbage and being powerless to react to it are gone. The internet is the equivalent of the French Revolution for news organizations. The “peasants” are in charge. And unless you play nice, they will behead you…
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