Gawker made $70K in December just on Amazon affiliate kickbacks

LINK: www.businessinsider.com ➚ | Posted by: Joshua Benton | May 10, 2012

Most interesting in this latest Nick Denton memo to the Gawker Media troops is that astonishing figure — although I’d love to know the figure in a non-holiday month. Check the whole memo for info on “a new generation of management at Gawker Media” and a push into branded content and events.

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PressPad, an attempt to bring some class diversity to posh British journalism, is shutting down

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