Nick Denton
- Author
- BBC Radio 4
- Published
- Sat 26 Mar 2016
- Episode Link
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b074vs18
n 2002 the British journalist Nick Denton created Gawker in the US, a website which made its name breaking news and celebrity gossip.
Last week a US court ordered the site to pay Hulk Hogan $140 million in damages, after Gawker ran a clip from a sex tape involving the wrestling star.
Mark Coles profiles the man friends describe as being "ahead of his time" and a "visionary".
But Mark also discovers how, as a journalist, Nick Denton reveals other people's secrets, while carefully guarding his own.
Producers: Katie Inman and David Rhodes.
