Before working at Gawker, the Brooklyn resident spent 2 1/2 years at the New York Times. In addition to her time at Gawker under Denton, Finnegan also spent a year at Bustle as editor-in-chief of The Outline before Goldberg pulled the plug on it at the start of the pandemic. And he has no incentive to fight them.”įinnegan tweeted about her new gig Sunday evening, saying “the rumors are true!,” but Media Ink was unable to reach her further comment. “But Bryan and I have talked about Gawker before and I told him the first thing he’s not gonna like is that the Gawker team will want to unionize. “She’s great and I hope it works,” Spirers tweeted Monday. Some media watchers are already predicting trouble ahead for Bustle owner Bryan Goldberg.Įlizabeth Spiers, the founding editor of Gawker back in 2002/03 when it was a buzzy blog site centered on the New York media world, praised the hiring of Finnegan while also predicting clashes between Goldberg and the staff.
Despite her short tenure, she gained a reputation for pushing the envelope at the Web site, already famous for its irreverent posts, and for feuding with Gawker founder Nick Denton.
Gawker begs readers to have an ‘open mind and heart’ in quiet relaunchįormer Gawker editor withdraws defamation lawsuit against ex-employeeīustle 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.īustle had little to say on the effort except to confirm it hired Leah Finnegan as editor-in-chief, first mentioned as a one liner in Ben Smith’s media column in the New York Times earlier this week.īustle also confirmed the launch efforts but declined to discuss timing, editorial mission or staffing plans.įinnegan worked at Gawker for one year during its heyday as a writer and features editor before taking a buyout in July 2015.
Gawker founder Nick Denton said in a statement that Ziff Davis' e-commerce, licensing and video assets would be a good fit with Gawker's websites, which include tech site Gizmodo, sports site Deadpsin, video-game site Kotaku, celebrity and women-focused site Jezebel, news and gossip site Gawker, car-site Jalopnik and self-help site Lifehacker.News, gossip site Gawker shuts down - again!ĭeadspin owner G/O Media buys business news site Quartz In the filing, Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, was listed as Gawker's biggest creditor. Another Gawker site, Valleywag, ran a number of stories skewering Facebook, which provided a big chunk of Thiel's estimated $2.7 billion fortune.Ī spokesman for Thiel said he had no comment on Friday. Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and was an early investor in Facebook, has been a frequent target of Gawker writers, who have written unflattering pieces about Thiel's political beliefs and utopian goals. It was later revealed that billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel had been secretly funding Hogan's lawsuit.
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Hogan was awarded $115 million in compensatory damages plus an added $25.1 million in punitive damages. Hogan sued Gawker after it posted a video of him having sex with a friend's wife. The New York company said in the filing that it has as much as $500 million in debt and up to $100 million in assets. The sale will be conducted through bankruptcy court so other bidders could emerge. Gawker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, about three months after Hogan won a lawsuit against the online gossip and news publisher. The company says it plans to sell itself to publishing company Ziff Davis.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Gawker is filing for bankruptcy protection and will sell itself rather than pay $140 million to pro wrestler Hulk Hogan.
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