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Power List 2014: NICK DENTON

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CEO, Gawker Media, 47

With old media getting savvier and BuzzFeed on the rise, Denton has seen his digital media empire threatened once again by powerful adversaries. A lawsuit by Quentin Tarantino against Gawker Media for copyright infringement is publicity that would have burnished the upstart's cheeky reputation in the past, but it's getting more and more difficult to outrun the competition.

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