Being myself

Today’s gossip is tomorrow’s news

The recent torrent of public allegations against celebrities such as Harvey Weinstein, Terry Richardson and James Toback is unprecedented. But the stories have been circulating on the industry grapevine, and on blogs and social media, and among women especially, for…

A hard peace

After four years of litigation funded by a billionaire with a grudge going back even further, a settlement has been reached. The saga is over.

As the most unpalatable part of the deal, three true stories — about Hulk Hogan, the claim by Shiva Ayyadurai that he invented email and…

The value of the insult

This is an exchange with Glenn Greenwald of First Look, which began on email. Both of us live and write largely in public, so we might as well continue the back-and-forth on the web.

A media-centric history of humanity

Yuval Harari’s book, Sapiens, explains how collaboration has evolved in symbiosis with language —…

Dreams of the website wannabes

In 1998, I was writing about Silicon Valley for the Financial Times. Until I switched over.

Nicholas Denton joins the internet venture hopefuls of Silicon Valley.

Debating with an empty chair

Soon after it was revealed that a Valley investor had pursued a secret campaign against Gawker, I was interviewed by Kara Swisher.

Interview for Riptide in 2013

In Gawker’s heyday, Martin Nisenholtz of the New York Times put together a survey of the digital landscape.

Martin: March 14th, 2013. New York City, Nick Denton. Hello.

The animated version