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
March 2017
Trump ally Peter Thiel risks political backlash, says Gawker founder
SXSW 2017: your guide to the best music, films and TV
November 2016
'The saga is over': Gawker reaches $31m settlement with Hulk Hogan
News site, which filed for bankruptcy after it lost a lawsuit over publishing the former wrestler’s sex tape, agreed to forego an appeal and pay a cash settlement
August 2016
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
Gawker has gone. We can’t just look the other way
Peter Preston
The collapse of the libertarian, scandalous news site has secretly relieved some less aggressive media companies. But the implications are truly ominous
The death of Gawker.com: Univision basks in acquisition while writers mourn
Univision leaves the flagship site behind, Nick Denton goes bankrupt and employees suffer ‘shit upon shit’ in the aftermath of the Hulk Hogan trial
Gawker.com to shut down next week after acquisition by Univision
Gawker Media reportedly in settlement talks with Hulk Hogan
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton files for personal bankruptcy
May 2016
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel admits to bankrolling Hulk Hogan's Gawker lawsuit
Billionaire's revenge: Facebook investor Peter Thiel’s nine-year Gawker grudge
March 2016
Hulk Hogan awarded $115m in Gawker sex tape lawsuit
Hulk's lawyers say Gawker founder was 'playing God' in closing court arguments
November 2015
Gawker is dead, long live Gawker: site shifts to politics ahead of 2016 election
Site announces new direction with focus on ‘political news, commentary and satire’ and lays off staff described as ‘valuable assets in previous iterations’
July 2015
Nick Denton: Gawker to search for new top staff and draw up editorial code
Media group’s founder says it is to begin ‘a real, civil dialogue’ in the wake of senior editors’ exit over the deletion of a post
Media blog
Why BBC, Gawker and the FT must fight to keep editorial independence
Jane Martinson
Why should anyone trust them if they are influenced by advertisers, owned by faraway private corporations or bullied by the government?
Gawker’s Nick Denton: ‘We are not part of your PR marketing machine’
The online media company’s founder on keeping control of a changing business, breaking free of data – and the Hulk Hogan sex-tape trial
March 2014
Media interview
Vice's Shane Smith: 'Young people are angry and leaving TV in droves'
The multimedia empire's chief executive on video journalism, North Korea – and why he won't be taken over by a big rival. By Jon Swaine
February 2014
Digital hacks may need a transfer window as talent moves up a league
Emily Bell
Emily Bell: Journalists are leaving legacy media organisations to gain the freedom to maximise their potential
June 2013
Greenslade
Why Brits are big hitters in the US media
Roy Greenslade
Roy Greenslade on the aggression that underlies the growing success of British journalists in America
