GawkerTV Launches With Intern Workforce, Optimistic About Ad Sales

Today’s launch of Gawker.TV is the product of Richard Blakeley’s three years as Nick Denton’s video editor. Now the This Is Why You’re Fat co-author is manning his own satellite site, which will be posting videos throughout the day, with the help of the 16 or so interns currently working under Blakeley.

The fact that so much (unpaid) manpower is going into this spin-off site isn’t exactly a surprise. Gawker’s largest-generating posts have almost always been candid videos: Tom Cruise ranting

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