“If you want to ascribe blame, blame Denton.” “The real shame is that Gawker gave Hogan a sledgehammer with which (to) pulverize it in state court,” New York University journalism professor Adam Penenberg tweeted. Gawker Media went into bankruptcy protection after the verdict, and a judge approved the sale at a hearing Thursday. Gawker had published a video of Hogan having sex with a friend’s wife.Ī Florida court awarded Hogan, whose lawsuit was secretly backed by an aggrieved Silicon Valley billionaire, $140 million in damages.
GAWKER SHUTDOWN PRO
Univision, the Spanish-language broadcaster, is buying the parent company, Gawker Media, for $135 million the sale follows Gawker’s loss in a major invasion-of-privacy case brought by the former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan. Twitter immediately went berserk in an unholy mix of shock, sadness and Schadenfreude. Founder Nick Denton reportedly told staffers Thursday afternoon that will come to an end next week. The news - broken, appropriately enough, by Gawker itself - follows the sale of the site’s parent company to Univision. NEW YORK -, the brash New York website that broke new ground with its gossipy, no-holds-barred coverage of media, culture and politics, is shutting down after 14 years, brought low by an unhappy, but deep-pocketed, subject. 18, 2016, according to a post on the site, just before a bankruptcy hearing when a judge would rule whether to approve the companys sale to Univision. Denton told employees about the decision on Aug. Jesse Dittmar /New York Times Show More Show Less 2 of2 File photo of Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker. In that hearing, a judge approved the company’s sale to Univision. 1 of2 Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker (shown with managing partner Heather Dietrick), told employees Thursday that will shut down next week, according to a post on the site, just before a bankruptcy hearing.
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