Gossip site Gawker will shut down next week
Goodbye, Gawker. Body-slammed into bankruptcy by Hulk Hogan’s $140 million invasion of privacy jury verdict, Nick Denton’s snarky gossip website will stop publishing next week, the site announced...
View ArticleThis week hasn’t been all bad news for Gawker’s Nick Denton
Gawker founder Nick Denton’s beloved gossip site may be shuttering – but he’ll still collect a paycheck for next two years, according to a new court filing.
View ArticleNick Denton really needs to rent out his condo (and fast)
Denton was forced to declare bankruptcy and sell the company after Hulk Hogan won a $140 million settlement after suing for invading his privacy.
View ArticleNick Denton hoping Hollywood will come to his rescue
Gawker: the movie! The shuttered gossip Web site’s founder, Nick Denton, told a Manhattan judge Wednesday that he is banking on Hollywood to rescue him from bankruptcy. “I’ve had various offers and...
View ArticleNick Denton prefers press stay home from bankruptcy hearing
Gawker founder Nick Denton bristled at a public probing of his finances at a bankruptcy court hearing Thursday, asking “Is this an open meeting?” when he spotted press in the room. “It’s very important...
View ArticleHulk Hogan buys $1.6 million bungalow in Florida
Hulk Hogan may have Gawker to thank for his new beachfront pad. The former pro wrestler plunked down $1.6 million on a bungalow in Florida with breathtaking ocean views just months after after winning...
View ArticleNick Denton’s not making much ‘advising’ new Gawker owners
Ex-Gawker owner Nick Denton’s advice comes pretty cheaply these days. Denton, who was once worth an estimated $205 million, is being paid a measly $4,000 a month to “advise’’ the new owners of his...
View ArticleHulk Hogan wants every cent of his $140M verdict from Gawker
Wrestler Hulk Hogan has bankrupt Gawker founder Nick Denton pinned down, but he won’t let him out of the ring until he collects a $140 million jury verdict over his leaked sex tape. Hogan recently...
View ArticleHulk Hogan set to accept $31M Gawker settlement offer
Gawker has offered Hulk Hogan $31 million to settle a $140 million jury verdict awarded for posting to the website a video of the wrestler and his best friend’s wife having sex, according to papers...
View ArticleHogan settlement could bail Gawker founder out of bankruptcy
Bankrupt Gawker founder Nick Denton could walk away with up to $16 million in cash from the $135 million sale of his gossip website to Univision if a Manhattan bankruptcy judge approves a settlement...
View ArticleNick Denton still lives lavish lifestyle despite filing for bankruptcy
Nick Denton may have filed for bankruptcy, but he has no plans of letting go of his lavish lifestyle. The Gawker founder, who filed for personal bankruptcy in August after being held liable in a $125...
View ArticleWith Hogan drama over, Nick Denton may take on Peter Thiel
The legal war between famed wrestler Hulk Hogan and Gawker founder Nick Denton is over — but Denton is reserving his right to sue his real foe, the Silicon Valley billionaire who secretly funded...
View ArticleHulk Hogan gets $31M in Gawker settlement
A Manhattan federal judge Tuesday approved a bankruptcy plan for Gawker that includes a $31 million payment to Hulk Hogan, $1.5 million to settle four other lawsuits, and protection for former writers...
View ArticleAJ Daulerio reveals cokehead past, childhood molestation
In a revealing interview about the crushing legal battle over Hulk Hogan’s sex tape, ex-Gawker editor AJ Daulerio says his boss Nick Denton abandoned him when he was in the throes of drug addiction,...
View ArticleHulk Hogan’s sex tape battle is relived in new doc
Maybe you remember when the Hulk Hogan sex-tape scandal broke. Or, if you’re a gossip junkie, you might also recall the day Gawker.com ceased to exist. Whether you were a reader or not, the story...
View ArticleGawker discussing ‘potential settlement’ with Peter Thiel reps
Gawker is negotiating a truce to its decade-long war with Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, The Post has learned. A bankruptcy attorney for the shuttered website is in settlement talks with...
View ArticleGawker fans could bring the site back to life
Sources connected to the sale of Gawker.com say a movie studio is looking into using the site’s archives to make movies or TV series based on stories.
View ArticleGizmodo Media track record of trashing owners scares bidders: sources
Not only is Gizmodo Media losing money, its snarky news and gossip sites may trash you if you buy them. That’s the bizarre dilemma prospective bidders face as broadcasting giant Univision looks to sell...
View ArticleFirebrand writer tapped to bring Gawker back from the dead
Bustle Digital Group has hired a firebrand writer from Gawker’s past to lead its third effort at resurrecting the snarky gossip site it picked up at a bankruptcy auction nearly three years ago. Bustle...
View ArticleGawker begs readers to have an ‘open mind and heart’ in quiet relaunch
Picked up at a bankruptcy auction by Bustle Digital Group, Gawker reappeared in a third iteration after Bustle's headstrong CEO Bryan Goldberg attempted to resuscitate the site twice before.
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