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MY MISTAKE

Gawker Founder Reveals the Elitist Reason He ‘Hated Gawker’

Nick Denton opened up about the gossip website that flourished during digital media’s heyday.

Corbin Bolies

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Same Coin

Inside Peter Thiel and Nick Denton’s Multimillion-Dollar War

Ryan Holiday, author of a book about the legal war between Peter Thiel and Nick Denton, reveals two men of startlingly similar characters fighting for very different principles.

Ryan Holiday

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Ways and Means

Peter Thiel Got His Revenge on Gawker. He May Yet Regret It

Peter Thiel’s openness about the extreme avenues he was considering going down to destroy Gawker could come back to haunt him should he face a ‘tortious interference’ lawsuit.

Lloyd Grove

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THE PRICE OF FREEDOM

A Prelude to Trump’s War on the Media

The Sundance documentary ‘Nobody Speak’ chronicles how an angry billionaire was able to take down the news site Gawker out of spite, providing a disturbing window into our future.

Marlow Stern

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Over and Out

Hulk Hogan’s $31 Million Gawker Payday

Bringing an end to the legal beef that killed Gawker, Hulk Hogan is set for another multimillion-dollar payout—and three Gawker articles will disappear from the internet.

Lloyd Grove

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R.I.P.

How Gawker Finally Said Goodbye

A mournful final post by founder Nick Denton sounded the death knell for Gawker.com, the gossipy, snarky website he founded and fought for to the bitter, and very expensive, end.

Lloyd Grove

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THE END

This Is How Gawker Died

The site is no more—and founder Nick Denton paid tribute to its staff’s hustle and originality in a memo sent after the official death announcement was made.

Lloyd Grove

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HIGH PRICE

Gawker Is Sold, but Will It Survive?

Univision acquired Gawker Media at a private bankruptcy auction Tuesday, but the future of the flagship gossip site, Gawker.com, remains unknown.

Lloyd Grove

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Gawking

Gawker’s Nick Denton Without Tears

Conventional wisdom is that it's all over for Nick Denton's Gawker. So why did he sound so upbeat at a wake for the site last night?

Lloyd Grove

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ENDGAME

Gawker Founder Files For Bankruptcy

After a Florida judge ruled Gawker and Nick Denton should start paying Hulk Hogan $140.1 million in damages, Denton today filed for personal bankruptcy.

Lloyd Grove

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Pyrrhic Victory

NYT Goes Gawker, Exposes Billionaire

It remains unclear whether the collection of biting websites making up Gawker Media will survive, but its effects on journalism cannot be denied.

Harry Siegel

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