Jezebel to shut down after 16 years as parent company lays off staff
Chief executive of parent company G/O Media Jim Spanfeller says in staff memo ‘our business model … did not align with Jezebel’s’
May 2023
How the rivalry between Gawker and BuzzFeed drove a social media boom – and bust
Ben Smith was BuzzFeed’s editor-in-chief when it was at its peak. He explains how the groundbreaking site and its rivals changed the media – and sowed the seeds for their own demise
April 2023
Traffic review: Ben Smith on Bannon, BuzzFeed and where it all went wrong
Now a co-founder of Semafor, formerly of Politico, BuzzFeed and the New York Times, the author expertly pulls readers in
March 2023
WeWork mugs for $500: 10 of the strangest merch items from companies that crashed
FTX fortune cookies and Theranos gift cards offer souvenirs from recent business disasters
February 2023
Digested week
Digested week: Alec Baldwin on gun control? Silence would be preferable
Emma Brockes
Plus Gawker and the end (again) of an era, and Eva Green’s WhatsApp mishaps
September 2022
Gawker makes a comeback six years after it was sued into closure
A new version of the website, quietly launched a year ago under new owners, is attracting interest and readers again
July 2022
The rise and fall of Deadspin: how ‘jerks in Brooklyn’ changed sports journalism
Deadspin blew up the tropes and traditions of old-school media, changing the industry by challenging the accepted narrative
April 2021
Gawker set to return again – but can it recapture ‘the old anarchic spirit’?
Bustle Digital Group, which bought Gawker in 2018, is to bring back the website with Leah Finnegan as editor. Will it work?
December 2020
Out in the wild: how Ken Layne created an alternative to clickbait in the desert
The Desert Oracle, the former Wonkette owner’s pocket-sized magazine, has proven a cult hit while refusing to establish an online presence
March 2020
The Hulk Hogan sex tape case is over – but its damaging legacy lives on
Arwa Mahdawi
The sleazy saga involving the former pro wrestler drove the media empire Gawker to bankruptcy – and dealt free speech a worrying blow, writes Arwa Mahdawi
February 2020
Clickhole satirical news site bought by Cards Against Humanity
Firm behind lewd party game and imaginative stunts acquires site famed for Buzzfeed parodies
January 2020
Australian who helped Peter Thiel bankrupt Gawker sues ex-business partner
Power, precarity and white-hot anger: what I learned in a decade in journalism
Hamilton Nolan
April 2019
Gizmodo and the Onion sold to equity fund in cut-price deal
Univision reportedly offloaded for less than £50m – a third of what it cost three years ago
September 2018
Gawker: influential and often reviled site set to relaunch in 2019
The idea is not to replicate the past, says new owner – but what form the rebirth of the site will take remains to be seen
January 2018
Peter Thiel makes offer to buy Gawker, the news site he helped bankrupt
Venture capitalist faces legal hurdles by bidding for site, which has been shut down for more than a year following Hulk Hogan lawsuit he bankrolled
June 2017
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press review – Hulk v Gawker in portrait of wealthy arrogance
This new documentary feature examines Hulk Hogan’s case against Gawker highlighting other wealthy figures aggressively seeking to silence the press
March 2017
Trump ally Peter Thiel risks political backlash, says Gawker founder
SXSW 2017: your guide to the best music, films and TV
January 2017
Nobody Speak review – Hulk Hogan v Gawker doc enjoyable but not revelatory
Brian Knappenberger’s film skewers its targets with aplomb, but there’s a frustrating sense of the converted being preached to
