Jessica Coen & Nick Denton
- Blog: Gawker
- Blog URL: http://www.gawker.com/
Jessica Coen is the editor of "Gawker," a Manhattan media and gossip weblog. In her mid-20s, Jessica came to New York from Los Angeles, CA. She also writes her own weblog, "JessicaCoen.com." In March, 2005, she was named to Media Magazine's 2005 Media 100 list of "people you need to know."
Nick Denton is publisher of Gawker Media, an independent media company, which includes "Gawker," an online review of pop culture based in Manhattan, NY, and "Wonkette," a gossip site about Washington and U.S. politics.Nick graduated with a degree in economics from Oxford University and became a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times of London. He moved on to investment banking correspondent, and co-authored All That Glitters, about the collapse of Barings Bank.
In 1996, Nick started to write about internet media for the FT. Within a few years he founded two companies: First Tuesday, an internet-era events business with branches in 80 cities, which was sold in 2000; and Moreover Technologies, which is headquartered in London, and provides news search technology to portals such as MSN, and corporate customers.
In March, 2005, Nick was named to Media Magazine's 2005 Media 100 list of "people you need to know."
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