Gawker is an American blog founded by Nick Denton and Elizabeth Spiers and based in New York City focusing on celebrities and the media industry.
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Gawker Media managed other blogs such as Jezebel, io9, Deadspin and Kotaku.
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Gawker came 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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On June 10,2016, Gawker filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay Hogan $140 million in damages.
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Gawker relaunched under the Bustle Digital Group on July 28,2021, with Leah Finnegan as editor.
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Gawker was founded by journalist Nick Denton in 2002, after he left the Financial Times.
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When Spiers left Gawker, she was replaced by Choire Sicha, a former art dealer.
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On September 21,2007, Gawker announced Balk's departure to edit Radar Magazine's website; he was replaced by Alex Pareene of Wonkette.
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Gawker made that clear in several comments on the site at the time, denouncing what he said was its practice of hiring full-time employees as independent contractors in order to avoid paying taxes and employment benefits.
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On October 3,2008, Gawker announced that 19 staff members were being laid off in response to expected economic hardships in the coming months.
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In December 2009, Denton was nominated for "Media Entrepreneur of the Decade" by Adweek, and Gawker was named "Blog of the Decade" by the advertising trade.
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Brian Morrissey of Adweek said "Gawker remains the epitome of blogging: provocative, brash, and wildly entertaining".
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Gawker replaced several other editors, contributing editors, and authors; others left.
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Gawker usually published more than 20 posts daily during the week, sometimes reaching 30 posts a day, with limited publishing on the weekends.
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Gawker's content consisted of celebrity and media industry gossip, critiques of mainstream news outlets, and New York-centric stories.
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Gawker'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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In January 2016, Gawker Media received its first outside investment by selling a minority stake to Columbus Nova Technology Partners.
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Jessica Coen said that the map is harmless, that Gawker 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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Kimmel continued to claim a lack of veracity in Gawker published stories, and the potential for libel it presents.
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On January 15,2008, Gawker mirrored the Scientology video featuring Tom Cruise from the recently removed posting on YouTube.
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On September 17,2008, in reporting that pranksters associated with 4chan had hacked the personal e-mail account of Alaska Governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Gawker published screenshots of the emails, photos, and address list obtained by the hackers.
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On October 28,2010, Gawker posted an anonymous post entitled "I Had a One-Night Stand with Christine O'Donnell".
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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.
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Gawker asked all its users to change their passwords and posted an advisory notice as well.
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Gawker was sued by three former interns in 2013 for failing to pay them for producing revenue-generating content.
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