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BuzzFeed vs Gawker, AI’s impact on the future of media, and more with Semafor’s Ben Smith | E1733
This Week in Startups
How to Sell Web Logs Inc. For $30 Million
"I dominated him in gadget, warffed gizmodo and joystick dwarfed Kotaku," he says of Gawker founder Nick Denton. "He probably made what 10 million bucks, 20 million bucks at the end of the day after the whole Colgan stuff." He sold Web Logs Inc. 18 to 24 months after we started it for $30 million but did not know how much money he actually made on the sale. But let's start here. I want to make sure we talk about your book. And I'm sure you have questions for me".
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