{"id":42998,"date":"2016-08-18T14:21:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T18:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gawker-com-announces-end-of-operations-after-14-years-in-business\/"},"modified":"2016-08-18T14:21:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T18:21:39","slug":"gawker-com-announces-end-of-operations-after-14-years-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gawker-com-announces-end-of-operations-after-14-years-in-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Gawker.com Announces End of Operations After 14 Years in Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/Gawker.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Gawker.com<\/a> Announces End of Operations After 14 Years in Business<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/o-GAWKER-LOGO-facebook.jpg?resize=740%2C370\" alt=\"gawker\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/o-GAWKER-LOGO-facebook.jpg?resize=1024%2C512 1024w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/o-GAWKER-LOGO-facebook.jpg?resize=300%2C150 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/o-GAWKER-LOGO-facebook.jpg?resize=768%2C384 768w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/o-GAWKER-LOGO-facebook.jpg?w=1480 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Gawker.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Gawker.com<\/a> will close up shop next week&nbsp;after fourteen years in operation, the company announced on Thursday. Gawker was unable to recover from a protracted and ultimately disastrous &nbsp;legal fight with former professional wrestler&nbsp;Hulk Hogan who sued Gawker over its release of a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> tape&nbsp;featuring Hogan. Hogan&rsquo;s lawsuit was funded by homocon billionaire Peter Thiel who&nbsp;had a score to settle with the media company founded by Nick Denton over its &lsquo;outing&rsquo; of him in 2007.<\/p>\n<h2>RELATED:&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/05\/gay-billionaire-peter-thiel-admits-bankrolling-hulk-hogans-case-gawker\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gay Billionaire Peter Thiel Admits to Bankrolling Hulk Hogan&rsquo;s Case Against Gawker<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Nick-Denton.jpg?resize=281%2C187\" alt=\"Nick Denton\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Nick-Denton.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Nick-Denton.jpg?w=480 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\">Gawker was found liable in the Hogan <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> tape case to the tune of $140 million, an amount that ultimately <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/gawker-files-bankruptcy-following\/\">led to the company&rsquo;s bankruptcy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/gawker-com-to-end-operations-next-week-1785455712\">Via Gawker&rsquo;s official announcement:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After nearly fourteen years of operation, <a href=\"http:\/\/Gawker.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Gawker.com<\/a> will be shutting down next week. The decision to close Gawker comes days after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/08\/univision-gawker\/\">Univision successfully bid $135 million for Gawker Media&rsquo;s six other websites<\/a>, and four months after the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel revealed his&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/this-is-why-billionaire-peter-thiel-wants-to-end-gawker-1778734026\">clandestine legal campaign<\/a>&nbsp;against the company.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Denton, the company&rsquo;s outgoing CEO, informed current staffers of the site&rsquo;s fate on Thursday afternoon, just hours before a bankruptcy court in Manhattan will decide whether to approve Univision&rsquo;s bid for Gawker Media&rsquo;s other assets. The near-term plans for <a href=\"http:\/\/Gawker.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Gawker.com<\/a>&rsquo;s coverage, as well as the site&rsquo;s archives, have not yet been finalized.<\/p>\n<h2>PREVIOUSLY: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/08\/univision-gawker\/\"><em>Univision Buys Gawker Media for $135 Million<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Members of the media reacted to the news on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">rip <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ao4r7otCzb\">t.co\/ao4r7otCzb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rich Juzwiak (@RichJuz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichJuz\/status\/766316641986674688\">August 18, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">End of an era &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WjyAwZsQ8S\">t.co\/WjyAwZsQ8S<\/a> to end operations next week <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/awqOJgXnY4\">t.co\/awqOJgXnY4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xSxUf4IFMJ\">pic.twitter.com\/xSxUf4IFMJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraddJaffy\/status\/766317104937046016\">August 18, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP gawker dot com <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xlGAWCE4Hu\">t.co\/xlGAWCE4Hu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin O&#8217;Keeffe (@kevinpokeeffe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinpokeeffe\/status\/766317459108495360\">August 18, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Woah. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CDcTUBixHY\">pic.twitter.com\/CDcTUBixHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Calvin (@calvinstowell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calvinstowell\/status\/766317012213694464\">August 18, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/08\/gawker\/\">Gawker.com Announces End of Operations After 14 Years in Business<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=0d_uZh2IPmY:T-3yW2Jck6Q:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=0d_uZh2IPmY:T-3yW2Jck6Q:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=0d_uZh2IPmY:T-3yW2Jck6Q:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=0d_uZh2IPmY:T-3yW2Jck6Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=0d_uZh2IPmY:T-3yW2Jck6Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=0d_uZh2IPmY:T-3yW2Jck6Q:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=0d_uZh2IPmY:T-3yW2Jck6Q:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/0d_uZh2IPmY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/0d_uZh2IPmY\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/0d_uZh2IPmY\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Gawker.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Gawker.com<\/a> Announces End of Operations After 14 Years in Business <a href=\"http:\/\/Gawker.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Gawker.com<\/a> will close up shop next week&nbsp;after fourteen years in operation, the company announced on Thursday. Gawker was unable to recover from a protracted and ultimately disastrous &nbsp;legal fight with former professional wrestler&nbsp;Hulk Hogan who sued Gawker over its release of a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> tape&nbsp;featuring Hogan. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gawker-com-announces-end-of-operations-after-14-years-in-business\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gawker.com Announces End of Operations After 14 Years in Business<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gawker.com Announces End of Operations After 14 Years in Business - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gawker-com-announces-end-of-operations-after-14-years-in-business\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gawker.com Announces End of Operations After 14 Years in Business - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gawker.com Announces End of Operations After 14 Years in Business Gawker.com will close up shop next week&nbsp;after fourteen years in operation, the company announced on Thursday. 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