“If blind items come back, I want people to know that they’re all about me,” Saturday Night Live cast member Bowen Yang said.
The new version of Gawker offers up a handful of tangy items with headlines like “Do Justin and Hailey Bieber Hate Each Other?” and “Adam Neumann Spotted in the Hamptons with a Pizza and a Rabbi.” One post gathers impressions from a wide array of media and cultural figures reacting to the rejuvenation of the site. Univision ran the portfolio at a loss for a couple of years before unloading it in 2019 to a private equity firm. It wound up being acquired by Univision Communications for $135 million, on the condition that the original Gawker would remain defunct. Through most of its run, though, sharp writing and keen observation were Gawker hallmarks at a time of layoffs and retreat for media, and its demise left a sizable void.Īfter the trial, Gawker Media, whose other brands included Deadspin, Jezebel and Gizmodo, declared bankruptcy. Others viewed Gawker’s end as a proper comeuppance after a reckless series of decisions and more than a decade of gleefully walking up to, and sometimes over, ethical boundaries.
Some saw it as a chilling sign, a beacon of free expression being extinguished by a mogul’s caprice and financial resources.
The libel verdict prompted a wide range of reactions in the media business and in the culture at large. He said he had been motivated by the site’s 2007 outing of him as gay, something the site did to others on other occasions. Tech billionaire Peter Thiel spent $10 million to bankroll the libel suit. The original Gawker, founded in 2002, was abruptly unplugged in 2016 after a Florida jury sided with Hulk Hogan, who sued Gawker Media Group after Gawker posted a sex tape featuring the wrestler.
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