Why Nick Denton wouldn’t set up shop in UK
July 3rd, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Newspapers, Online Journalism
From Politico: a report on a panel at the Institute’s Ideas Festival in Colarado, asking ‘What’s the News Worth to You?’
For us Brits, this is the interesting part:
“During the panel’s Q&A, Gawker Media’s Nick Denton sarcastically thanked the American newspaper industry for being so unaggressive, making it possible for ‘thugs’ like him to succeed.
“Conversely, Denton said he’d never set up shop in England. ‘Every single day, those editors get up and try to kill each other,’ said Denton. Not so in the U.S.”
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