Capital New York: Three weeks ago, Gawker CEO Nick Denton, president Heather Dietrick, and executive editor Tommy Craggs met for lunch with two organizers from the Writers Guild of America-East and Hamilton Nolan, the Gawker senior writer who is spearheading a union drive at Gawker Media. During the meeting, Denton talked about the importance of openness and diversity of opinion to Gawker Media and said that he would not oppose his employees’ attempts to form a union.