Gawker.com will shut down next week

[News] FTW - Gawker dot com is no more!Gawker.com, pioneering web publication and the brainchild of Nick Denton, will be shut down as of next week, according to Gawker itself. The closure of the site comes after Univisions winning bid for the Gawker Media company, which was forced into bankruptcy following a successful lawsuit by Terry Bollea (Hulk Hogan) funded by Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel.Univisions bid still...

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Gawker Is Dead. These Posts Are Why We"ll Miss It.

Why #Gawker is so AwfulGawker, one of the defining magazines of the 21st century, announced Thursday that its shutting down next week for reasons that are too repulsive and terrifying to think about for long. In its 14-year lifespan, Gawker published breakthrough investigations and scurrilous gossip and everything in between. It created much of the lively, ironic, emotionally labile house style of the internet. It revealed...

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Will Univision Shut Down Gawker? - TheWrap

[Internet] WTF - Gawker tries to satire ReturnOfKings & AVFM with "The Cuck"?Gawker Media president Heather Dietrick told staffers on Wednesday that she does not know the fate of the companys flagship site, according to a blog postby Gawker.com reporter J.K. Trotter.Staffers were told that Univision has not yet decided whether the company will take Gawker Medias namesake website under its wing, Trotter wrote.Univision...

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Gawker"s Homophobic, Years-Long Crusade to Out James Franco - The Daily ...

Gawker Takes Down Story About Conde Nast CFO After Intense BacklashGawker has come under fire for unscrupulously outing a Conde Nast execand arguably abetting a blackmail plot. But theyve been similarly harassing James Franco for years. On Thursday evening, the media website Gawker ran a clickbait scoop about an executive at a major magazine company who had enlisted the services of a gay p**n star/escort, arranging to pay...

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