I should point out that this post shaming the Conde Nast CFO followed about three raving angry posts against reddit that were submitted on the same day. Reddit

I should point out that this post shaming the Conde Nast CFO followed about three raving angry posts against reddit that were submitted on the same day. Reddit of course is owned by Conde Nast. Considering that gawker usually has no more than 10-20 posts per day on the main site, it is extremely unusual for four of them to be aimed at the same company. Furthermore, in an interview in pando daily, an ex Gawker editor said that Nick Denton once complained to him that silicon valley companies "do not fear me anymore." For someone that has followed Gawker for many years now it is becoming increasingly likely that Nick Denton is using Gawker to scare/blackmail other companies to do his bidding. Gawker has always had periods of intense criticisms of some company (Google for example) that start and end suddenly without rhyme or reason. The fact that Nick Denton eventually took down this post of course does not matter at all. The damage has been done. My guess is that old Nick Denton wants something out of Conde Nast, and that is why he is applying full pressure.