Denton, Day 2: Let's Expand, Separate the Good Water From the Bad

I'm guest-blogging over at Valleywag, check it out.

Commenter "99" does likewise by guest-blogging below. Create, destroy, things, life, whatnot. Blog it backward...

Are you going to cover the oddly defensive log rolling coverage of the Will Leitch deal? No one else will. Or is it just that Kate Lee Express obviates pointing out that some bloggers (*cough* Dana Vachon *cough*) have scored big scratch (though Lee isn't swinging those kinds of dollars, is she?). So Deadspin gives a column to a guy who then writes a book contract to the guy give him the gig - isn't that the definition of insider baseball favoritism that makes Conde Nast repugnant? Or is it that they are just thinner?

If we could get the numbers, then, couldn't we precisely calculate the long-term value of issuing guest posting gigs at Gawker properties (at least, for industry flunkies)? At least it's a business model for the content creators to work with.

I'm behind on my lit blog reading so I'll have to follow-up later. In the meantime, you should really get something for that cough.