

“I thought how much I missed laughing while surfing the internet,” “Gawker's very name was poisonous but also strangely revered an insoluble combination She asks, Bustle Digital having already tried to get the site up and running again in 2019. "Who would want to become the editor of a website that has been crushed by an evil tech lord and marred by a botched relaunch?" In a message on the site, she explains that she hesitated for a long time. Leah Finnegan, who had worked at Gawker in 20, was in charge of the new formula. Spanish-speaking television group Univision had acquired several sites from the group including Deadspin and Gizmodo, while main site Gawker was acquired in 2018 by Bustle owner Bryan Goldberg. The parties had finally reached an agreement providing for $ 31 million for Hulk Hogan and part of the assets of Gawker Media auctioned off in bankruptcy proceedings.
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The case divided media and free speech advocates when it was revealed that Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, whose homosexuality Gawker had revealed without his consent, had funded Hulk Hogan's defense. The Bustle Digital group said Wednesday it had recruited former contributors and editors to relaunch the site, which had to go out of business after being ordered to pay $ 140 million to famous wrestler Hulk Hogan. Read also: The Gawker site closes its doors The American sensational news site Gawker, which had to file for bankruptcy in 2016 following a heavy financial penalty for the publication of a video of sexual intercourse, retries the adventure with a new owner.
