Sympathy For The Gawker

As has been reported elsewhere, Gawker Media head Nick Denton has named himself as the new “temporary managing editor” of flagship blog Gawker in order “to oversee its evolution towards a more traditional news operation.” His first day on the job will be January 2nd and it won’t be his first time working on GM’s blogging side — Denton previously did stints over at Silicon Valley gossip blog Valleywag and travel site Gridskipper as well.