Gregg Keizer of Computer World writes:
"Gizmodo, which posted photos today of what it said was the next-generation iPhone, paid $5,000 for access to the smartphone, said Nick Denton, head of Gawker Media, which publishes the blog.
In an e-mail reply to questions, Denton said "$5k" when asked how much Gawker paid for access to the purported iPhone. Earlier today, Denton had tweeted, "Does Gizmodo pay for exclusives? Too right!""
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The winner of the Pokémon Go Championship grand finals in Orlando was stripped of their title, allegedly for 'unsportsmanlike conduct' during their victory celebration. The celebration involved the winner removing their headset, standing up, and pumping their fists before shaking hands with their opponent. Many believe the ruling was excessive and that winner's victory celebration was tame compared to celebrations by winners in other competitive games.
There are people that get offended seeing others just enjoying a moment, or enjoying a hobby, or just having fun.
Can someone explain to me what is so problematic with this? I watched video multiple times and all I see dude having bit of celebration. None of his actions felt aggressive or seem like they symbolize anything... Like winning sure deserves bit of celebration like that. I mean who wants to live in the world where you aren't allowed to be excited or have bit of burst of happiness when you win? Like was he supposed to act like emotionless robot? He should be allowed to have bit of his victory "hell yeah" moment, even if it is before shaking hands with opponent. Like it is not like he didn't shake hands or whatnot. And it is not like he is like some super serious government official to have to stick to protocol to a letter. This whole thing is just ridiculous.
Come on Gizmodo!!! You can get 16 ps3 or 83 GOW III with that money.
:/
traffic $$$$ they got is worth more than $5,000.
I'd do the same if I were in the position.
engadget is a better site lol
Let's assume Gizmodo charges a CPM of $12 per ad...and there are 3 ads...
Counting the page views on the 19th and 20th (as of the time this post goes live)
19th - 20 million+ views
20th - 5 million+ views
so 25 million/1000 = 25000x12x3= $900,000 in ad revenue alone.
This is assuming that they have advertisers paying at their rate...even if they showed google ads which does about $1 - $2 per CPM on tech sites... they would have made between $90000 - $180000 within the last 36 hours... if u look at it from a traffic/ads point of view...it was more than worth it... from an ethical point of view... i dunno wats wat...
Kevin ButIer
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