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1091:, in particular, is of real significance in the history of journalism. But whether you like it or not, or mimic it or not, what they did changed the way things are done. For that alone, it is (and will be) worth study, and is thus worth preserving". In 2017, academics Katherine Boss and Meredith Broussard commented that "the archives included, crucially, not just the articles but also the comments and the dialogue that readers had with the authors. Yet no advance plans had been made for Gawker's archives, and the abruptness of the bankruptcy and the sale, compounded by the controversial nature of the site and its implosion, made it even more difficult to save at the last minute". Their review of the independent archive status in July 2017 "showed that 826: 1129:. Parker Higgins, the Freedom of the Press Foundation's director of special projects, said they wanted to "reduce the 'upside' for wealthy individuals and organizations who would eliminate embarrassing or unflattering coverage by purchasing outlets outright. In other words, we hope that sites that can't simply be made to disappear will show some immunity to the billionaire problem". On the independent archive, 42: 364: 1309:
editor-in-chief Max Read posted their resignations from the company, citing the lack of transparency by and independence from the company's management over the post's removal, rather than the concerns over the post's issues and received criticism, as the cause. Denton offered staff who disagreed with
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For readers, finding past coverage would be similar to using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. For journalists, the archives represent a line of defense against what some fear is an increasingly potent weapon. Readers and former employees of Gawker have fretted that its domain and archive could
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Later, in 2005, the editor position was split between two co-editors, and Coen was joined by guest editors from a variety of New York City-based blogs; Matt Haber was engaged as co-editor for several months, and Jesse Oxfeld joined for longer. In July 2006, Oxfeld's contract was not renewed, and Alex
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as gay, although Thomas contends the article did not constitute outing since Thiel's sexuality had been "known to a wide circle" in the Bay Area. This, together with a series of articles about his friends and others that he said "ruined people's lives for no reason", motivated Thiel to fund lawsuits
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On February 1, 2023, Bustle Digital Group announced that it would shut down Gawker as part of company-wide cuts. The company e-mailed employees, "facing a surprisingly difficult first quarter of 2023, had made the decision to reprioritize some of its investments that better position the company for
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s content consisted of celebrity and media industry gossip, critiques of mainstream news outlets, and New York-centric stories. The stories generally came from anonymous tips from media employees, found mistakes and faux pas in news stories caught by readers and other blogs, and original reporting.
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On January 16, 2019, it was announced Carson Griffith, Ben Barna, Maya Kosoff and Anna Breslaw were joining the staff of the new Gawker. However, on January 23, 2019, Kosoff and Breslaw announced they were quitting the site over offensive workplace comments made by Griffith. "We're disappointed it
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On June 10, 2016, Gawker Media and its associated subsidiaries Gawker Sales, Gawker Entertainment, Gawker Technology and Blogwire filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York, following the loss of the Hogan lawsuit. CNBC also reported that Gawker Media would be put up for
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In April 2021, it was reported that Gawker would relaunch with former Gawker writer Leah Finnegan tapped as editor-in-chief. Finnegan has said, of the tone of the relaunched site, that " current laws of civility mean that no, it can't be exactly what it once was." The site relaunched on July 28,
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into "the prestigious, journalistic gem of BDG, kept afloat by the profits of other sites like Bustle and Elite Daily", however, "the BDG board and Goldberg soon lost interest in a site that was proving difficult to staff, a lightning rod for controversy, and, ultimately, expensive to operate
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and its archive in a bankruptcy auction for less than $ 1.5 million. Gawker relaunched under the Bustle Digital Group on July 28, 2021, with Leah Finnegan as editor. On February 1, 2023, Bustle Digital Group suspended the site's operations. Finnegan tweeted that the publication was folding.
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be bought by someone with little regard for the company’s onetime mission. Mr. Higgins said the threat of an owner who would remove or change articles could have a chilling effect on the press, either by directly shutting publications or by encouraging self-censorship.
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filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay Hogan $ 140 million in damages. On August 18, 2016, Gawker Media announced that its namesake blog would be ceasing operations the following week. Its other websites were unaffected, and continued publication under
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ended this way, but we can't continue to work under someone who is antithetical to our sensibility and journalistic ethics, or for an employer who refuses to listen to the women who work for him when it's inconvenient," Kosoff and Breslaw said in a statement.
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published screenshots of the emails, photos, and address list obtained by the hackers. While accessing personal e-mail accounts without authorization constitutes a federal crime, current DOJ interpretation of this statute following the decision in
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cases both scared reporters who don't personally archive their own work, just as it demonstrated the role of news archives in democratic societies and the need for preservation policies that ensure the public with a faithful account of history".
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had more than 16,000 snapshots of www.gawker.com dating back to 2003, with substantial gaps in coverage . Quality assurance of each post was hit or miss, and comments were also archived only intermittently". Maria Bustillos, for the
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In 2008, weekend editor Ian Spiegelman quit Gawker because Denton fired his friend Sheila McClear without cause. He made that clear in several comments on the site at the time, also denouncing what he said was its practice of hiring
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bomb throws". In January 2013 Daulerio reportedly asked for more responsibility over other Gawker Media properties, but after a short time was pushed out by publisher Denton. Daulerio was replaced as editor-in-chief by longtime
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readers are "for the most part, a very educated, well-meaning bunch", and that "if there is someone really intending to do a celebrity harm, there are much better ways to go about doing that than looking at the Gawker Stalker".
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ultimately paid the subject of the offending article a tidy undisclosed sum in order to avoid another lawsuit." Gawker Media President and General Counsel Heather Dietrick declined to confirm or deny there was a settlement.
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a cease-and-desist order to take the video down, but Denton refused. Denton cited the First Amendment and argued that the accompanying commentary had news value. Judge Pamela Campbell issued an injunction ordering
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On August 18, 2016, Gawker Media announced that its flagship blog, gawker.com, would be ceasing operations the following week. Univision continued to operate Gawker Media's six other websites -
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usually published more than 20 posts daily during the week, sometimes reaching 30 posts a day, with limited publishing on the weekends. The site also published content from its sister sites.
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Media executive editor Tommy Craggs resigned in protest. Leah Beckmann, the site's then deputy editor, took over as interim editor in chief. She was replaced in October 2015 by Alex Pareene.
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it presents. At the end of the exchange Gould said that she didn't "think it was OK" for websites to publish false information, after which Kimmel said she should "check your website then."
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was announced as the site's editor-in-chief. However, in August 2019, Peres, Griffith and the rest of the staff tasked with relaunching the site were laid off. "We are postponing the
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in 2019 highlighted that interviewed news workers "frequently cited the case of Gawker as a cautionary tale illustrating the precarity of digital news" and that "the Gawker and
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relaunch," a BDG spokesperson said. "For now, we are focusing company resources and efforts on our most recent acquisitions, Mic, The Outline, Nylon and Inverse." Kate Storey of
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replaced Jesse Oxfeld with Alex Balk, Oxfeld claimed it was an attempt to make the blog more mainstream and less media-focused, ending a tradition of heavy media coverage at
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editorial staff voted to unionize. Employees joined the Writers Guild of America. Approximately three-fourths of employees eligible to vote voted in favor of the decision.
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wrote, "A judge told us to take down our Hulk Hogan sex tape post. We won't." It also stated that "we are refusing to comply" with the order of the circuit court judge.
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s actions have been criticized as hypocritical since they heavily criticized other media outlets and websites for publishing hacked nude pictures of celebrities.
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as Michael Brutsch. In the days prior to publication of the story, Reddit's main politics channel, r/politics, and a number of other forums on the site banned
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had come under scrutiny for posting videos, communications and other content that violated copyrights or the privacy of its owners, or was illegally obtained.
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was sued by three former interns in 2013 for failing to pay them for producing revenue-generating content. As of February 2016, the case was still ongoing.
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and Denton for violating his privacy, asking for $ 100 million in damages; the trial was slated for July 2015. The cost of the lawsuit was partly funded by
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s website with its content initially remained online following its shutdown in 2016. This archive contained "over 200,000 articles". Christopher Bonanos of
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in 2018, highlighted "what would be missing if the Gawker archive were to disappear" which includes the "roots" of public accusations on the misconduct of
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Denton announced in a staff memo in November 2015 that the site was switching from covering New York and the media world to focus primarily on politics.
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In 2012, the website changed its focus away from editorial content and toward what its new editor-in-chief A. J. Daulerio called "traffic whoring" and "
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website when it purchased the other websites, "Univision deemed the Gawker.com brand too toxic, and transferred it back to the bankruptcy estate". The
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reporter Jordan Sargent posted a story about a gay porn star's alleged text correspondence with a married executive from a competing media company,
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was acquiring the "people directory" site CityFile.com, and was hiring that site's editor and publisher, Remy Stern, as the new editor-in-chief of
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infringement notice written by lawyers for Scientology. By July 2009, the video had not been removed and no lawsuit was filed.
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the actions a buyout option, which was accepted by staff including features editor Leah Finnegan and senior editor and writer
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In September 2016, Univision removed multiple articles which were published under Gawker Media: "two Gizmodo posts about
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On October 4, 2012, Daulerio posted a short clip of Hulk Hogan and Heather Clem, the estranged wife of radio personality
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s employees were transferred to the other six websites or elsewhere in Univision. While Univision initially acquired the
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instance, in addition to the Twitter accounts of Nick Denton and Gizmodo. The hacker group stated that they went after
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to publicize the alleged incident. The post sparked heavy criticism for outing the executive, both within and outside
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acquired Gawker Media's six other websites. These websites continued to operate under Univision which named the unit
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the direction we see the industry moving." Finnegan announced the company's decision on Twitter that same morning.
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reportedly paid in the "low four figures" for the story. Denton defended it, praising its "brilliant packaging".
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s publication of a sex tape: on March 18, Hogan was awarded $ 55 million for economic harm and $ 60 million for
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in 2007. In January 2016, Gawker Media received its first outside investment by selling a minority stake to
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is that perpetrators may be prosecuted only for reading "unopened" emails. FBI Spokesman Eric Gonzalez in
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digital archive was not included in this purchase and all articles have been removed from the website.
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Research on the "archiving practices and policies" of various types of journalistic production by the
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Gawker Will Be Conducting An Experiment, Please Enjoy Your Free Cute Cats Singing And Sideboobs
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In March 2016, Hulk Hogan was awarded $ 140 million in damages by a Florida jury in an
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asked all its users to change their passwords and posted an advisory notice as well.
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for invasion of privacy. Hogan received financial support from billionaire investor
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In December 2009, Denton was nominated for "Media Entrepreneur of the Decade" by
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brand and domain were purchased by Meng Ru Kuok, the founder of Singapore-based
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remains the epitome of blogging: provocative, brash, and wildly entertaining".
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outlined the leading theory on the failed relaunch was that it aimed to turn
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was named "Blog of the Decade" by the advertising trade. Brian Morrissey of
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by people complaining their privacy had been invaded, including Hulk Hogan.
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announced that 19 staff members were being laid off in response to expected
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On November 12, 2008, the company announced selling the popular blog site
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nature of the article, tweeting "Today, we are all Christine O'Donnell."
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website no longer displays its articles following the purchase of the
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Following the decision to delete a controversial story in July 2015 (
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that she would be leaving the site to become deputy online editor at
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On September 17, 2008, in reporting that pranksters associated with
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from the recently removed posting on YouTube. They soon posted a
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was founded by journalist Nick Denton in 2002, after he left the
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posted an anonymous post entitled "I Had a One-Night Stand with
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and focused on celebrities and the media industry. According to
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for their "outright arrogance" and for a previous feud between
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In December 2011, A. J. Daulerio, former editor-in-chief of
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posted an email exchange between United States Congressman
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was banned from all of Reddit. Multiple commentators from
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In February 2007, Sicha returned from his position at the
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David A. Fahrenthold and Aaron Blake (February 9, 2011).
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Broussard, Meredith; Boss, Katherine (October 30, 2017).
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s official launch was in December 2002. When Spiers left
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A.J. Daulerio Out As Gawker Editor; John Cook to Step Up
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were hacked by a group named Gnosis. The hackers gained
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archive was worth preservation – "the early content of
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in an effort to distance itself from the Gawker name.
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in a bankruptcy auction for less than $ 1.5 million.
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website remained online after it ceased publication.
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published a long piece on the history and future of
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Archived from 4245:"Gawker retreats and deletes controversial story" 1835:"The Most Expensive Comment in Internet History?" 3173:"Gawker 2.0 Implodes as Its Only Reporters Quit" 2046: 2044: 1566:and a woman he had met through a personal ad on 299:by Gawker against his wishes. On June 10, 2016, 246:. Gawker Media also managed other blogs such as 4003:Madigan, Nick; Somaiya, Ravi (March 18, 2016). 2615:, January 10, 2013; Retrieved January 11, 2013. 2590:, January 10, 2013; Retrieved January 11, 2013. 2565:, January 10, 2013; Retrieved January 11, 2013. 689:announced that it would be shutting down after 674:§ CondĂ© Nast executive prostitution claims 5237:"More Fed-Up Interns Take Grievances to Court" 5060:. Gawker.com. October 12, 2012. Archived from 4187:Gawker Media Editorial Staff (July 17, 2015). 3108:"Here Are the Media Chuds Joining Fake Gawker" 1939:"Saving Gawker and Alt-Weeklies From Deletion" 1252:reached a $ 31 million settlement with Hogan. 804:Caldecott Music Group. Kuok stated a need for 468:also began writing for the site; she replaced 435:Balk was installed. Chris Mohney, formerly of 5533: 5338: 4640:"Palin Emails Reveal Press Hate – Close read" 3909:"Behind Peter Thiel's Plan To Destroy Gawker" 1323:, "a source familiar with the situation said 656:was banned per new writing style guidelines. 8: 4862:"The Real Lessons Of Gawker's Security Mess" 4616:. Gawker. September 17, 2008. Archived from 4455:. Gawker.com. March 14, 2006. Archived from 3483:Harris, Raquel 'Rocky' (November 15, 2023). 3235:"Gawker, the Reboot, Is Once Again in Limbo" 2559:, Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke and Hunter Walker, 2540:, January 17, 2012; Retrieved June 20, 2012. 832:, Gawker's editor-in-chief from 2015 to 2016 617:, replaced Remy Stern as editor-in-chief at 554:. Most came from sites with low ad revenue. 527:outlived the conditions for its existence". 32: 4748:. Now.org. October 28, 2010. Archived from 4614:"Sarah Palin's Personal Emails – Exclusive" 4215:"Gawker apologizes, removes article on CFO" 3652:IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2575:A.J. Daulerio Out as Gawker Editor in Chief 2017:Kludt, Tom; Darcy, Oliver (July 12, 2018). 1975:"The Gawker Archives Aren't Going Anywhere" 1164:brand without the purchase of the archive. 5704:Internet properties disestablished in 2023 5699:Internet properties disestablished in 2016 5669:2016 disestablishments in New York (state) 5540: 5526: 5518: 5345: 5331: 5323: 3756:Georgantopulos, Mary Ann (July 15, 2015). 3417: 3415: 1739: 1737: 1596:to the Linux-based servers, access to the 1482:had hacked the personal e-mail account of 835: 667:staff announced the vote on May 28, 2015. 40: 31: 2515:, A.J. Daulerio, Gawker, January 23, 2012 1705:questioned the morality behind Brutsch's 1442:published stories, and the potential for 1397:of the site's Gawker Stalker feature and 1337:auction following the bankruptcy filing. 3604:Bonanos, Christopher (August 19, 2016). 2979:"Gawker.com Ending Operations Next Week" 2916:"How We're Voting on the Union, and Why" 2856:Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (June 4, 2015). 1871:"Gawker.com to End Operations Next Week" 1525:2010 Senate special election in Delaware 1305:Media executive editor Tommy Craggs and 1281:CondĂ© Nast executive prostitution claims 652:s editor-in-chief. In April 2014, using 598:In February 2010, Denton announced that 573:sites while they were still profitable. 367:Former Gawker logo before Bustle revival 5714:Internet properties established in 2021 5709:Internet properties established in 2003 5112:"Redditors declare war on Gawker Media" 4822: 4820: 3624:from the original on September 25, 2023 2261:Blumenkranz, Carla (December 3, 2007). 2225: 2223: 2012: 2010: 2008: 1733: 792:Purchase by Meng Ru Kuok (2023–present) 552:economic hardships in the coming months 5266:Bultman, Matthew (February 12, 2016). 5091:from the original on November 14, 2012 5006:"Advisory Notice (No action required)" 4960:from the original on December 13, 2010 4933:from the original on December 13, 2010 4665:Albanesius, Chloe (February 4, 2010). 4477:from the original on September 9, 2017 4406:from the original on December 24, 2018 4334:"Gawker's Season of Fear and Loathing" 4141:from the original on February 23, 2017 3951:from the original on February 23, 2017 3682:from the original on February 26, 2024 3641: 3639: 3571:Bustillos, Maria (February 15, 2018). 3495:from the original on November 18, 2023 2989:from the original on February 28, 2017 2977:Calderone, Michael (August 18, 2016). 2792:"A ban on internet slang? 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Gawker.com. December 12, 2010 4496:Kimmel, Jimmy (April 6, 2007). 4332:Grove, Lloyd (March 25, 2016). 4129:Sorkin, Andrew (May 25, 2016). 3422:Darcy, Oliver (February 2023). 3044:Rife, Katie (August 18, 2016). 2475:Joe Pompeo (October 25, 2011). 1794:Ember, Sydney (June 10, 2016). 1612:, and real-time chat logs from 1529:National Organization for Women 1119:Freedom of the Press Foundation 392:The original Gawker (2002–2016) 314:Freedom of the Press Foundation 4718:Anonymous (October 28, 2010). 4278:. Gawker Media. Archived from 3514:Oxfeld, Jesse (July 3, 2006). 3264:Flood, Brian (March 5, 2020). 2887:Naylor, Brian (June 4, 2015). 2757:Weaver, Alex (April 3, 2014). 2660:"Gawker bans 'Internet slang'" 1671:posted an article identifying 1663:2012 Michael Brutsch unmasking 1651:website was made available on 1542:Justin Elliott criticized the 1209:Hogan filed a lawsuit against 1156:As of November 2023, the 496:s website; he was replaced by 405:. It was originally edited by 1: 4473:. Today.com. March 21, 2006. 4162:"Goodbye to All That Gawking" 4042:Kludt, Tom (March 18, 2016). 3233:Tracy, Marc (July 30, 2019). 1125:website and its articles via 772:, the site's editor-in-chief 5034:. Sydney. October 14, 2012. 4722:. Gawker.com. Archived from 4590:. Gawker.com. Archived from 3518:. Gawker.com. Archived from 2858:"Gawker Votes to Form Union" 2300:. Gawker.com. Archived from 1370:, titled "How Things Work". 1256:Outing of Peter Thiel as gay 1032: 1029: 1021: 1018: 1008: 1005: 995: 992: 984: 981: 973: 970: 962: 959: 949: 946: 938: 935: 927: 924: 916: 913: 903: 900: 892: 889: 881: 878: 870: 867: 857: 854: 1554:Chris Lee Craigslist emails 1121:independently archived the 671: 316:independently archived the 181:; 22 years ago 118:Meng Ru Kuok (2023–present) 5730: 3907:Ryan Mac (June 29, 2016). 3876:"Gawker's Moment of Truth" 3708:Columbia Journalism Review 3578:Columbia Journalism Review 2319:. 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July 17, 2015. 2511:June 17, 2012, at the 1780:June 30, 2015, at the 1582:On December 11, 2010, 1497:Theofel v. Farey-Jones 1474:Sarah Palin email leak 1142: 833: 796:In November 2023, the 417:, she was replaced by 388: 368: 4303:"Gawker buyout watch" 3851:. September 2, 2014. 3848:The New York Observer 3008:Villafañe, Veronica. 2731:The New York Observer 2204:. December 13, 2006. 1667:On October 12, 2012, 1639:The following day, a 1511:On October 28, 2010, 1506: 1454:On January 15, 2008, 1137: 828: 509:The literary journal 425:. Sicha left for the 379: 366: 194:; 3 years ago 87:February 1, 2023 76:; 8 years ago 4986:on December 14, 2010 4900:on December 16, 2010 4536:. January 16, 2008. 4106:. 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