For over 13 years, Gawker was one of the most popular sources for the latest on gossip, news, and entertainment. When it wasn’t breaking news and celebrity exposès, it was breaking its viewership records, seeing over 62 million unique visitors on its site each month. But, a sex tape and a Silicon Valley billionaire would start a bloodbath that would ultimately bring down Gawker’s multi-million dollar media empire. Find out on how Gawker found itself posting its own obituary on Episode 8 of The Great Fail.
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‘One Grotesque Irony After Another’: Inside the Rise and Fall of Gawker 2.0
The Culture Gabfest “And Now It’s Dead” Edition
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Peter Thiel Just Got His Wish: Gawker Is Shutting Down
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