| Name: | Nick Denton |
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| Current Position: | Publisher | |
| Current Organisation: | Gawker Media |
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| Previous Position: | CEO | |
| Previous Organisation: | Moreover Technologies | |
| Previous Position: | Founder | |
| Previous Organisation: | First Tuesday | |
| Previous Position: | Internet correspondent | |
| Previous Organisation: | Financial Times | |
| Background: | Nick has been working in internet media since 1996, first writing on the subject for the Financial Times of London, then founding two companies in the late 1990s. First Tuesday, an internet-era events business with branches in 80 cities, was sold in 2000. Moreover Technologies, which is headquartered in London, provides news search technology to portals such as MSN, and corporate customers.
After graduating in economics from Oxford University, Nick began his career as a foreign correspondent for the FT, during the revolutions in eastern Europe. Later, while investment banking correspondent, he co-authored All That Glitters, the definitive account of the collapse of Barings Bank. |
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| Current: | Nick Denton is publisher of Gawker Media, an independent media company, which includes Gawker, an online review of pop culture, and Wonkette, an analogous title for U.S. politics. Gawker Media, with properties in nine consumer categories, takes the weblog format and applies the business model of a traditional magazine. | |
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