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Gawker was an American blog founded by Nick Denton and Elizabeth Spiers that was based in New York City and focused on celebrities and the media industry. [1] . According to SimilarWeb, the site had over 23 million visits per month as of 2015. [2] . Founded in 2002, Gawker was the flagship blog for Denton's Gawker Media.
A gawker is a person who stares openly at someone or something. After a bad car accident on the highway, gawkers often slow down for a look. To gawk is to gape, stare, or rubberneck without trying to hide the fact that you're doing it.
Jul 28, 2021 · July 28, 2021. Gawker is back. Again. The website known for blunt, gossipy coverage of celebrities, tech entrepreneurs, media figures and anyone else with an inflated ego went live on Wednesday,...
Feb 23, 2018 · Gawker isn’t just one of the most consequential lawsuits in the history of modern American media. It’s also probably the strangest. In 2016, Hulk Hogan, the professional wrestler, won a...
Aug 19, 2016 · Gawker.com, the brash New York website that broke new ground with its gossipy, no-holds-barred coverage of media, culture and politics, is shutting down after nearly 14 years, brought low by an...
Gawker Media LLC (formerly Blogwire, Inc. and Gawker Media, Inc.) was an American internet media company and blog network. It was founded by Nick Denton in October 2003 as Blogwire, and was based in New York City.
Feb 1, 2023 · Gawker, the gossipy and snarky pop-culture site rebooted in mid-2021, is shutting down — for a second time, with the CEO of parent company Bustle Digital Group citing the need to prioritize ...
Aug 24, 2016 · Created in 2002 after the dot-com bubble, Gawker was far from the first online news site; it wasn’t the first blog or the first network of blogs, either. But in many ways, Gawker Media — which...
Feb 3, 2023 · Gawker was a Rorschach test. When readers began sending me tips about celebrity sightings and we published them in a recurring feature called Gawker Stalker, some celebrities accused us of...
Sep 9, 2021 · Gawker (Which Is Back, in Case You Haven’t Heard) Gets a Relaunch Party. The site rejoined the living under new ownership this summer. On Wednesday night it was ready to mingle. By Delia Cai....
