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Jon Stewart to Larry Wilmore: OMG! What? Did you piss off Peter Thiel?
“You started a conversation that was not on television when you began,” the former Daily Show host told Wilmore on his last show.
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The bitter queen’s revenge: Gawker sold to Univision for $135 million
The case gained additional notoriety when it was revealed rightwing billionaire Peter Thiel had secretly bankrolled the lawsuit as revenge for outing him.
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Nick Denton files for personal bankruptcy, puts Gawker up for sale
Peter Thiel must be smiling today, as the out publisher of Gawker had to go bankrupt to pay Hulk Hogan $140M.
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Gawker files for bankruptcy, to sell itself to Ziff Davis
The New York company said in the filing that it has as much as $500 million in debt and up to $100 million in assets.
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Gawker founder Nick Denton annihilates gay billionaire Peter Thiel
in an open letter published on Gawker, Denton challenges Thiel to an “open and public debate.”
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Is billionaire Peter Thiel secretly funding Hulk Hogan/Gawker lawsuit?
In 2007, a Gawker article outed the billionaire Paypal cofounder as gay.
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BREAKING: Jury awards Hulk Hogan $115M in Gawker sex tape lawsuit
Gawker’s Nick Denton contended the content was a newsworthy commentary on the ordinariness of celebrity sex videos.
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Gawker Media founder cross-examined in Hulk Hogan sex tape case
At one point, attorney Kenneth Terkel had Nick Denton read aloud the explicit post.