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Last week’s Gawker Media bankruptcy inspired online triumph. “What a beautiful day,” tweeted Hulk Hogan, whose $140-million invasion-of-privacy verdict — underwritten by hostile Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel — doomed Nick Denton’s snarky online empire. Most were less subtle. “Goodbye and good riddance to Gawker,” the New York Post sneered. It’s tempting to side with…
Holy hell, even I didn’t know that He, Trump was dumb enough to cancel the credentials of The Washington Post. But Tiger Beat On The Potomac was all over it. “Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record setting Trump campaign, we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony…
For years, it was enough for the Sunday political talk shows to own the conversation for a single day on television. But if they want to reach young people who are getting their news on Facebook, they have to own social media around the clock, too. NBC’s “Meet the Press” realized this two years ago when it…
The Post’s Margaret Sullivan explores what might have led Donald Trump to revoke the newspaper’s media credentials. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) Donald Trump said Monday that he is pulling The Washington Post’s credentials to cover his events because he is upset with the newspaper’s coverage of his campaign. The move puts the newspaper on a…
The Washington Post is reacting this afternoon to news that Donald Trump is officially revoking their press access over what he called a “dishonest” headline. Post editor Martin Baron issued this statement: Donald Trump’s decision to revoke The Washington Post’s press credentials is nothing less than a repudiation of the role of a free and…
By Elizabeth Spiers | 11:38 am, June 11, 2016 Do you support a death penalty for media organizations? And if so, what crime is so heinous as to warrant it? Does persuading the American public that we should be dragged into a $2 trillion war over false claims of WMDs qualify? Does a large, enormously…
The Democratic primary is essentially over, and we are so, so tired. This is a relief for news site/Daily Show chronicler Salon.com, which for more than six months now has been publishing two articles over and over again. These can fairly be summed up as “Bernie Sanders Is Good, and Hillary Clinton Is Bad” and “What If Hillary Clinton Is…
if content is empty, don’t append this div. This helps with checking whether we need a lede or not In the last few weeks, the legal feud between Hulk Hogan and Gawker—which recently lost a $140 million lawsuit brought on by the wrestler, after Gawker published snippets of a Hogan-starring sex tape—has gotten deeply weird….
Gawker Media is exploring options for litigation against Peter Thiel following the billionaire venture capitalist’s secret funding of lawsuits against the media company. According to a source within Gawker, the company’s legal team is looking to see if Thiel, who said he spent about $10 million funding other people’s suits, violated any laws. “The lawyers are exploring…
Recently retired New York Post editor Col Allan took the time to write Gawker a thoughtful note today. http://gawker.com/5994999/is-the… Perhaps reflecting on his rich history with this website during these tumultuous times, Allan reminisced… Col Allan To: tips@gawker.com Today at 3:15 PM Here’s a tip. You lie, you die. Squeal, pig fuckers, squeal. Sent from…