Nick Denton quotes

An employer would be a complete fool to let an image like college partying influence their hiring decisions. (Nick Denton)
Forget about someone's resume or how they present themselves at a party. Can they blog or not? The blog doesn't lie. View quote
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That's always been my test for what makes a story: is this something journalists would gossip with each other about? View quote
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The idea of harnessing the intelligence of the readership has been lost in the quest for Facebook likes. For many, readers have become synonymous with hateful commenters. It's time for a renewed push to realize some of the original dreams of the web. View quote
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Web media needs to move to TV metaphor - with full-screen imagery and other content interrupted with full-screen ads. View quote
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I think people are sort of waking up to it now, how probably the biggest change in Internet media isn't the immediacy of it, or the low costs, but the measurability. Which is actually terrifying if you're a traditional journalist, and used to pushing what people ought to like, or what you think they ought to like. View quote
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Relentless and cynical traffic-trawling is bad for the soul. View quote
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Most good media come out of somebody saying, 'This should exist; this is something I want to read.' View quote
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I have to come to terms with the paternalism of American business. Companies are expected to take on so many social responsibilities which are the province of the state in Europe. View quote
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My background is economics and maths. I think one of the reasons I studied humanities at all, or even went into journalism, is because, like, science and maths wasn't cool in England when I was growing up. No one ever talked to the engineering students at Oxford. View quote
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Henry Blodget does occasionally have a new idea. If you're making a point about aggregation or the emptiness of modern journalism, he's far from the best target. Try Huffpo - or Gawker writers whose souls have been corroded by irony. (Nick Denton)
I don't really mind playing tabloid monster. I always liked those characters in the old movies. View quote
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Jonah Peretti is one of the smartest web publishers out there. And Buzzfeed is an aggressive and dynamic company. View quote
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Superior writers, videographers and other content makers want to work with their own kind and for their own kind. View quote
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We believe that the best Web content optimization strategy is something as old as journalism itself: the shocking truth and the authentic opinion. View quote
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Apple makes beautiful products. I own a Mac Pro, a Mac Book, a Mac Mini, an iPad, an iPhone, pretty much the entire collection. View quote
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Personally, as a print journalist, I always found the most interesting stories to be the ones hacks talked about in the bar after work. View quote
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I want to institutionalise and automate chequebook journalism. View quote
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Google demotes search results that don't get clicked on. View quote
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While I love the medium, I've always been skeptical about the value of blogs as businesses. View quote
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Google and others truncate headlines at 70 characters. On the Manti Teo story, Deadspin's scoop fell down the Google search results, overtaken by copycat stories with simpler headlines. Deadspin's headline was 118 characters. Vital information - 'hoax' - was one of the words that was cut off. (Nick Denton)
Critics say Internet advertising suffers from limitless inventory, which depresses prices. These exclusive front-page sponsorships are not limitless. If HBO doesn't move quickly enough, Showtime can buy out Gawker and Jezebel for the key fall TV season. On any individual day, there isn't room for both of them; and that's healthy. View quote
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As a print journalist, if you hear a rumour you try to stand it up and if you can't, the story dies. With a blog you can throw the rumour out there and ask for help. You can say: 'We don't know if this is true or not. View quote
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Ben Smith's quick-hit campaign 'scoops' are about as viral as cat videos. That fits with Buzzfeed. View quote
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