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April 18, 2023
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Aaron Timms
They Did It for the Clicks
How digital media pursued viral traffic at all costs and unleashed chaos
September 23, 2020
Alex Shephard
Is Defector the Future of Media?
The new site, launched by the writers and editors who quit Deadspin last fall, represents a simple, exciting path for good journalism.
October 31, 2019
Alex Shephard
After Deadspin
With the media industry in decline, we can only expect more of the same from the chuckleheads in the corporate class.
July 11, 2019
Clio Chang
How to Save Journalism
The biggest threat to the health of the media industry is Silicon Valley. And the antidote might just be organized labor.
July 12, 2018
Alex Shephard
Gawker was just bought by one of its frequent targets.
March 5, 2018
Alex Shephard
Ryan Holiday on Gawker: “These Are Nasty People”
The writer talks about his new book, “Conspiracy,” an in-depth look at the Hulk Hogan lawsuit that brought down the gossip website.
February 16, 2018
Alex Shephard
Peter Thiel’s Lonely Culture War
Is the billionaire, libertarian, tech luminary being oppressed?
June 23, 2017
Clio Chang
What Killed Gawker? Maybe It Was Capitalism.
A new Netflix documentary about the Gawker-Hulk Hogan trial explores the larger forces that have upended the media industry.
December 13, 2016
Theodore Ross
The Year Everyone Realized Digital Media Is Doomed
No one has figured out how to make internet journalism profitable. And in 2016, it showed.
October 31, 2016
Sarah Jones
Peter Thiel and Donald Trump are equally delusional.
August 24, 2016
Jeet Heer
What Were Blogs?
The demise of Gawker.com also marks the end of the utopian promise of blogging. Here's what killed them.
August 18, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
RIP, Gawker.
June 22, 2016
Ryan Kearney
Gawker achieves the impossible: sympathy for Slipknot.
June 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
Gawker has filed for bankruptcy.
May 27, 2016
Jeet Heer
Peter Thiel’s Revenge Against Gawker Is Neither Justice Nor Philanthropy
May 27, 2016
David Dayen
Peter Thiel and the Rise of Casino Justice
The Gawker lawsuits reveal far more than a threat to free speech.
May 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Is “Operation Mordor” the secret code name for Peter Thiel’s war against Gawker?
May 25, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Gawker is still paying the price for its old way of doing business.
May 24, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is someone trying to bankrupt Gawker?
March 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
Denton: Hulk Hogan sued Gawker to prevent tapes of him saying the n-word getting out.
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