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  1. the group portrait
    Gawker Returns for Unknown Length of TimeIt begins again: the messy bargain between Gawker owner and Gawker writer.
    By Choire Sicha
  2. media
    The Senseless Death of DeadspinDramatically shifting the website’s priorities didn’t make sense from a business perspective. Was something else going on?
    By James D. Walsh
  3. media
    Gizmodo Media Group’s New Boss Has Some Thoughts About Company ValuesThe Gizmodo staff is feeling cautiously optimistic about the company’s new owners.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Gawker’s New Owner Is Bustle Founder Bryan Goldberg, One of Its Many TargetsThe site’s archive was acquired for $1.35 million.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Peter Thiel Is Bidding on the Corpse of GawkerThe site’s archive could disappear.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Shiva Ayyadurai, Who Claims to Have Invented Email, Is Suing Another News SiteThe discredited technologist claims to have invented email.
    By Brian Feldman
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    This Is What It Costs When a Tech Billionaire Declares War on YouThe weird saga of Gawker, Hulk Hogan, and Peter Thiel comes to a close.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Maybe Peter Thiel Is Just a CrankThe press has taken Peter Thiel very seriously. But maybe it needs to start taking him more literally.
    By Brian Feldman
  9. Save the Trash! Why the Gawker Archive Is ImportantWe’ve made this mistake before.
    By Christopher Bonanos
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    Did I Kill Gawker?Or was it Nick Denton? Hulk Hogan? Peter Thiel? Or the internet?
    By Max Read
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    Gawker.com Is Shutting DownGawker Media’s new owners at Univision will shut down the flagship site.
    By Brian Feldman
  12. Gawker Auction: What Univision Is BuyingUnivision gets millennials, Gawker gets resources.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Univision Buys Gawker for $135 MillionThe deal brings Gawker’s independent era to an end.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Peter Thiel Says Gawker Lawsuit Is About Protecting PrivacyThe billionaire explains his vendetta against the company.
    By Brian Feldman
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    A Muted Celebration (and a Gamergate Heckler) at Gawker’s $1,000 WakeThe feeling of last night’s party was, unlike the product that Gawker puts out, understated.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Gawker Founder Nick Denton Will File for BankruptcyHulk Hogan has left him no choice.
    By Brian Feldman
  17. interview
    Gawker’s Nick Denton on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“Defiant journalism has never had that great a business model.”
    By Nick Tabor
  18. Gawker Founder Nick Denton May File for BankruptcyNick Denton is liable for $10 million in the Hulk Hogan case.
    By Brian Feldman
  19. Why Peter Thiel Wants to Topple Gawker and Elect Donald TrumpPeter Thiel’s crusade against Gawker is more than just a Citizen Kane redux.
    By Park MacDougald
  20. Who’s Going to Buy Gawker?A handful of places are kicking the tires.
    By Brian Feldman
  21. Gawker Files for Bankruptcy Protection in Preparation for SaleThe company already has an offer from PC Magazine publisher Ziff Davis.
    By Max Read
  22. Hulk Hogan’s Lawyer Didn’t Know Who Was Funding the Gawker Lawsuit Until We DidThe billionaire has never spoken directly with the lawyer he’s cutting checks to.
    By Brian Feldman
  23. Peter Thiel Isn’t a SupervillainHe’s a rather more familiar figure: a rich man used to getting his way.
    By Maria Bustillos
  24. Peter Thiel’s Anti-Gawker Crusade Won’t Destroy JournalismThe tech billionaire’s scheme won’t open any doors that aren’t already wide open.
    By Brian Feldman
  25. How Peter Thiel Was Unmasked As Hulk Hogan’s Secret BackerThe Silicon Valley billionaire is funding the pro wrestler’s lawsuit crusade against Gawker Media.
    By Brian Feldman
  26. lawsuits
    Hulk Hogan Is Suing Gawker Again, Says It Leaked His Racist CommentsGawker denies the allegations.
    By Joe DeLessio
  27. 10 Revelations From the Post’s Trump InterviewIn an interview with the paper’s editorial board, Trump unveiled his foreign-policy team, his views on nuclear weapons, and his glove size.
    By Eric Levitz
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    How the Media Is Reacting to Gawker’s $140-Million HitOn the one hand, it’s Gawker. On the other hand, it’s the First Amendment.
    By Brian Feldman
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    At the Hogan Trial, the Jury Makes a Surprise Bid to Be the Slimiest CharacterGawker talkers wrestle with wrestler.
    By Brian Feldman
  30. pranks
    Trump Falls Into Gawker Trap, Retweets MussoliniYou can’t make this stuff up, but you can make it happen.
    By Chas Danner
  31. Gawker Media Lays Off Employees As Flagship Site Shifts Focus to PoliticsThe pioneering site is reportedly abandoning its Kinja platform, along with many of its employees.
    By Eric Levitz
  32. media
    Gawker Announces New Leadership Following a chaotic couple of weeks.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  33. media
    Nick Denton Says He Wants ‘a Gentler Gawker’Plus, tweets from the latest contentious staff meeting.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. media
    Gawker’s Nick Denton Says This Is ‘Not the Company I Built’; Staffers DisagreeOne called his account “historically dubious.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. media wars
    Gawker Staff Is Furious After Post Comes Down“We condemn the takedown in the strongest possible terms.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  36. Sad Time Inc. Spreadsheet Measures How Valuable Reporters Are to AdvertisersWhatever happened to the good old editorial-business boundaries?
    By Katie Zavadski
  37. media beef
    Shep Smith Scoffs at ‘Horseshit’ Gawker Report, Sneaks in CNN DisThe Fox News host strikes back against reports about his sexuality.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  38. cable news news
    Did Fox News Force Shep Smith to Stay Closeted?Roger Ailes denied the gay anchor’s request, Gawker reports.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. blog-stained wretches
    Viral-Traffic Whisperer Neetzan Zimmerman Leaving GawkerThe golden boy of the viral Internet is leaving news blogging for a start-up.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  40. blog-stained wretches
    Former Gawker Interns Join the Unpaid-Intern Uprising Three are suing for wages.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  41. blog-stained wretches
    A.J. Daulerio Out As Gawker Editor; John Cook to Step UpNick Denton to change directions again after a year.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  42. blog-stained wretches
    Gawker Paid $1,000 for Jared Loughner’s E-mailsYes, they mention Gabrielle Giffords.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  43. the internet
    Creep-Out King of Reddit Explains the Thrill of ‘Meaningless Internet Points’Now that his anonymity is gone, he might as well appear on CNN.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  44. the most important people in the world
    Hulk Hogan Sues Gawker for $100 Million Over Sex TapeThe old wrestler would also like the rights to the video, please.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  45. the internet
    Here’s the Gawker Article Reddit Was So Afraid OfInternet trolls: exactly as you’d expect them to be.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  46. the internet
    Reddit Blacklists Gawker in Defense of Creepy PicturesThe massive Internet message board doesn’t like looking sleazy.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  47. blog-stained wretches
    Nick Denton Using His Own Love Life to Plug Hulk Hogan Sex TapeThe Gawker Media way!
    By Joe Coscarelli
  48. blog-stained wretches
    Gawker Won’t Hack Romney’s E-Mail AddressA surprising and disappointing level of restraint.
    By Dan Amira
  49. blog-stained wretches
    Nick Denton Goes Soul-Searching in Gawker CommentsFittingly, it’s about a New York article on Mark Zuckerberg.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  50. media
    Fox News Mole Served a Search Warrant for Grand Larceny [Updated]Product turncoat Joe Muto is unapologetic.
    By Joe Coscarelli
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