11 Facts About Gawker

1. In 2013, when Deadspin, Gawker's sports website, revealed that Notre Dame was propagating an unverified tear-jerking tale of tragic romance for Manti T'eo, its Heisman candidate hopeful, the future president applauded this unmasking of fake news.

2. In 2014, Gawker had a net revenue of $44 million, making the site itself worth at least $250 million, Business Insider reported.

3. In September 2015, Gawker published a first-person narrative by a former employee of British tabloid The Daily Mail which was critical of the journalistic standards and aggregation policies for its online presence.

4. On December 11, 2010, the Gawker group's 1.3 million commenter accounts and their entire website source code was released by a hacker group named Gnosis.

5. On February 15, 2010, Gawker announced it had acquired CityFile, an online directory of celebrities and media personalities.

6. On June 10, 2016, Gawker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and put itself up for sale.

7. In February 2011, Gawker posted an email exchange between United States Congressman Chris Lee and a woman he had met through a personal ad on Craigslist.

8. In 2007, Gawker published an article by Owen Thomas outing Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel as gay.

9. In February 2010, Denton announced that Gawker was acquiring the "people directory" site CityFile.

10. On September 21, 2007, Gawker announced Balk's departure to edit Radar Magazine's website; he was replaced by Alex Pareene of Wonkette.

11. On January 15, 2008, Gawker mirrored the Scientology video featuring Tom Cruise from the recently removed posting on YouTube.