Gawker was founded 14 years ago, and grew to become one of the internet’s most popular media and gossip sites. Reports indicated earlier this week that Univision wants to extend employment offers to 95% of Gawker’s staffers, but it’s unclear whether this will include writers for. These also include gadget blog Gizmodo, women’s website Jezebel, video game blog Kotaku and others, in addition to. In the end, Univision prevailed in an auction of Gawker’s assets. Gawker Media declared bankruptcy in June, and at the time was looking to sell to ZDNet for $90 million. They messed with the wrong guy brother HH Hogan tweeted about the shut down later on Thursday, writing, “They messed with the wrong guy brother.” The verdict was the result of a lawsuit over Gawker’s publication of a sex tape featuring Hogan, but was funded by controversial Silicon Valley businessman Peter Thiel in retaliation to Gawker outing him as gay years earlier.
Hogan had won a $140 million judgement against Gawker Media, its founder Nick Denton and one of its editors in March.
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