April 2008
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Gawker Media; 3 out, 12 left

Link to Gawker Media; 3 out, 12 left

Gawker Media has just gotten rid of 3 blogs:

#BlogT RankAlexaPrimary Category
1 Wonkette 91 23,311 Liberal
2 Idolator 1,431 47,937 Music
3 Gridskipper 1,603 43,171 Travel

Silicon Alley Insider has more numbers and is one of many blogs that published Nick Denton's internal email:

• IDOLATOR is going to Buzznet, a music-focused web and social network. Buzznet recently acquired Idolator's chief rival, Stereogum, and received a big investment from Universal Music Group.

• GRIDSKIPPER isn't going far: it's being taken over by Curbed, the network founded by Lockhart Steele, in which Gawker Media is a shareholder.

• WONKETTE is being spun off to the managing editor, Ken Layne, former founder of one of the web's very first news sites, Tabloid.net. The title will become part of the Blogads network of political sites, which includes Daily Kos, among others.

As for the rest:

The dozen sites that remain represent some 97% or our 228m pageviews per month, and an even higher proportion of our growth and advertising revenue.

Here they are:

#BlogT RankAlexaPrimary Category
1 Gizmodo 4 1,058 Gadgets
2 Lifehacker 7 1,597 Productivity
3 Gawker 26 5,103 Media News
4 Kotaku 27 1,336 Games
5 Valleywag 34 4,666 Business Gossip
6 The Consumerist 35 5,974 Consumer
7 Deadspin 85 15,775 Sports
8 Jezebel 88 11,562 Celebrity Gossip
9 Jalopnik 159 8,766 Autos
10 Defamer 265 15,650 Celebrity Gossip
11 a Fleshbot 952 5,213 (adult content)
12 io9 18,409 10,458 Science Fiction
 
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