Gawker Tops HuffPo Traffic, Pleasing Chairman Denton

Thanks to a couple of huge stories this month, the Gawker blog network beat the Huffington Post’s web traffic numbers for the first time ever. Gawker founder Nick Denton was pleased. Very pleased. Romenesko got a hold of Denton’s memo to staff, bragging about his HUGE…traffic. (You got that Tribune Co. executives? Web hits are one of the few things you’re allowed to brag about being large.)