Gawker chief Nick Denton rid his blog empire of three online destinations: Idolator, Gridskipper, and political mainstay Wonkette.

Gawker sold Gridskipper to the Curbed network, while editor Ken Layne bought Wonkette. Buzznet added Idolator to its roster, after buying music blog Stereogum earlier this month. Denton explained the reason for the sale as, “Someone else will have better luck selling the advertising than we did.”

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