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| Gawker.com will shut down its operations next week | Gawker.com will shut down its operations next week |
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| Gawker.com will shut down after fourteen years of operation, the website announced on Thursday. | Gawker.com will shut down after fourteen years of operation, the website announced on Thursday. |
| Nick Denton, the company’s founder and chief executive, told his staffers that the company’s website would close sometime next week. The announcement comes days after Univision successfully bid $135 million for Gawker Media’s six other websites, four months after declaring bankruptcy. | Nick Denton, the company’s founder and chief executive, told his staffers that the company’s website would close sometime next week. The announcement comes days after Univision successfully bid $135 million for Gawker Media’s six other websites, four months after declaring bankruptcy. |
| A judge in Manhattan will rule on the sale at a hearing on Thursday. | A judge in Manhattan will rule on the sale at a hearing on Thursday. |
| Earlier this year, Denton and his company were driven into bankruptcy after losing the $140 million lawsuit against the former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. | Earlier this year, Denton and his company were driven into bankruptcy after losing the $140 million lawsuit against the former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. |
| Before the announcement, several Gawker editors expressed excitement at the sale but also challenged Univision’s chief news and entertainment officer to remain faithful to fearless journalism. | Before the announcement, several Gawker editors expressed excitement at the sale but also challenged Univision’s chief news and entertainment officer to remain faithful to fearless journalism. |
| "We've heard a lot about Isaac Lee's commitment to fearless journalism. He has a reputation for a guy who very much buys into the idea of fearless journalism," Gawker editor Hamilton Nolan previously told CNN. "I hope he demonstrates that by keeping Gawker.com open.” | "We've heard a lot about Isaac Lee's commitment to fearless journalism. He has a reputation for a guy who very much buys into the idea of fearless journalism," Gawker editor Hamilton Nolan previously told CNN. "I hope he demonstrates that by keeping Gawker.com open.” |
| The terms for Gawker.com’s archives have not yet been determined. | The terms for Gawker.com’s archives have not yet been determined. |
| Folks across the media world reacted to the website’s closure after the news it. | |
| “Gawker had an amazing run. My/others' lives and careers would have looked much different—much worse—without it,” Anna Holmes, Jezebel.com founding editor and senior VP of editorial at First Look Media, tweeted. | |
| “The legacy of Gawker is complicated but the impact it had on my career/writing is very significant. A lot of great writers came from there,” Jamilah Lemieux, senior editor at Ebony Magazine, said on Twitter. | |
| “That Gawker doesn't fit into a new company's business plan—even a fine new company!—is something, sadness aside, to be proud of,” Will Leitch, senior writer at Bloomberg Politics, wrote on Twitter. |