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Court tosses defamation lawsuit against the Daily Beast over an article that destroyed Gawker 2.0
Former Gawker editor sued The Daily Beast over an article she said inaccurately portrayed her as "r…
Jacob Shamsian
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GOP candidate for Senate threatens to sue local journalist, invoking backer Peter Thiel's Hulk Hogan-Gawker defamation case
Blake Masters threatened to sue for defamation after the Arizona Mirror suggested the candidate pra…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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An Apple TV Plus series about Gawker Media was axed after Tim Cook found out about it
Tim Cook was surprised Apple were making a show about Gawker Media, the Times reported. Gawker.com …
Kate Duffy
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Former Deadspin writers have formed a new sports website called 'Defector' after a public fight with their billionaire owner led to droves of staff quitting
The new site won't have a "stick to sports" mantra. The journalists also get more collective bargai…
Graham Rapier
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A group of former Gawker employees launched a Kickstarter to buy back Gawker.com
The reason that the archives and domain name are for sale is because they were not included in the …
Kif Leswing
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5 times when Artificial Intelligence went miserably wrong
Tay had to be deleted after a single day, after it transformed into a racist Hitler-adoring, incest…
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Gawker is considering selling itself
Nick Denton, founder of Gawker, talks with his legal team before Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, test…
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Gawker reports earnings!
"With the possibility of an initial judgment against Gawker Media at the forthcoming trial in Flori…
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This startup funds your lawsuit in exchange for a part in the payoff
The idea here is, using historical lawsuit data; the result of a lawsuit can be predicted before it…
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Bryan Goldberg quietly purchased Valleywag in addition to Gawker - and it could be heading for a relaunch
Under Goldberg, Gawker will be part of a subsidiary "completely distinct from our other properties,…
Lauren Johnson
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The CEO behind Bustle and the new Gawker is reportedly making a bid on the remaining Gizmodo Media blogs
Last week, Goldberg's company Bustle Digital Group sent an offer between $30 million and $40 millio…
Becky Peterson
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It's official: Gawker.com has closed
"One of Gawker's most cherished tags was "How Things Work," a rubric that applied to posts revealin…
Rob Price
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Gawker is being sold to Univision for $135 million
Nick Denton, founder of Gawker, talks with his legal team before Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, test…
Steven Tweedie
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Gawker Media CEO explains why Gawker felt it needed to publish the Hulk Hogan sex tape clip
When asked about the need for the post to include parts of the video itself, Denton said that "[you…
Dan Turkel
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The new owner of Gawker and Mic just acquired a $21 million independent publication that was supposed to reinvent digital media
Bustle Digital Group, which itself has raised more than $80 million in venture capital, has bought …
Becky Peterson
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Gawker settles with Hulk Hogan: 'The saga is over'
Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Deadspin, Jezebel, Kotaku and Jalopnik - now under the ownership of Univision …
Nathan McAlone
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Peter Thiel's campaign to destroy Gawker was reportedly inspired by a mysterious 'Mr. A'
In an interview in The Atlantic also published on Friday, marketer and author Ryan Holiday - the au…
Rob Price
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Now The Daily Mail is suing Gawker
The Mail's lawsuit, which was filed in New York, disputes this. It says that "editors at The Mail h…
Nathan McAlone
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Univision won't continue running Gawker.com
Univision will still maintain Gawker's other properties, like Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Jezebel, Deadspi…
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Gawker CEO Nick Denton will file for personal bankruptcy
In the meantime, Gawker has been put up for auction. Denton tweeted on Monday that the sale will cl…