It is Gawker even as Thursday warning that the site will close down production during the next week.
According to the website, employees were informed of Gawker founder and CEO Nick Denton on Thursday afternoon.
Sister Sites new owners
It was Denton himself who in June declared Gawker Media bankrupt, after professional wrestler and reality star Hulk Hogan in our was awarded 140 million in damages from the company.
Earlier this week it was announced that the Spanish-language media company Univision has submitted a bid of $ 135 million for Gawker assets, which includes websites like Deadspin, Jezebel, Gizmodo and Kotaku.
on Thursday a court in New York decide whether the sale could be approved as part of the bankruptcy proceedings, writes AP.
Got enemies
CARRIER NAG: Paypal founder Peter Thiel has long held a grudge against Gawker. In our became known that he has funded several private lawsuits against the site, including Hulk Hogan.
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whether the sale of sister sites goes through, it is now the hook on the door flagship in Denton’s media empire.
Gawker saw the light as a blog early 2000s, but expanded rapidly to become a network of sites, known for an irreverent style and a willingness to cross borders traditional media hesitant to cross.
the willingness to cross boundaries also appears to have been gawk end. The bankruptcy comes after Hulk Hogan in March this year was awarded $ 140 million in compensation for that Gawker in 2012 published a video where reality star has extramarital sex.
In May this year revealed financial site Forbes that Hogans damages secretly funded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Peter Thiel, who should have added Denton’s media empire of hatred after they broke up his gays orientation as a novelty.
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