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Gawker, The Digital Trailblazer Brought Down By Hulk Hogan And Peter Thiel, Is Reanimated By Bustle
Gawker, the digital brand whose gimlet-eyed but often caustic tone won it many fans but plenty of enemies, has been brought back to life by Bustle Digital Group.
Leah Finnegan, who was a staffer at the original Gawker, is the editor-in-chief of the new version. It joins a portfolio of brands including Bustle, Nylon…
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By Dade Hayes
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Chris Hemsworth To Star In Hulk Hogan Movie
Chris Hemsworth has been set to play Hulk Hogan in a movie in the works at Netflix with Todd Phillips directing. John Pollono will write the script with Scott Silver, the latter of whom teamed on Warner Bros’ upcoming The Joker. The biopic is said to center on the rise of Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, and his…
Gawker Gets Ready For A Comeback
UPDATED with comment from Bustle
Gawker is poised to make a comeback next year, according to published reports. The gossip site, which was sued into bankruptcy two years ago by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, was acquired by the founder of Bustle Digital Media, Bryan Goldberg.
In a memo obtained by Variety…
Peter Thiel & Hulk Hogan’s Gawker Body Slam In Works As Film Or Limited Series
EXCLUSIVE: David A. Neuman’s Blackrock Productions has acquired rights to develop and produce Ryan Holiday’s Portfolio/Penguin book Conspiracy – Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker and the Anatomy of Intrigue which covers the tempestuous legal battle between pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea), Gawker Media and its…
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Peter Thiel-Backed Legal Startup Offers $100,000 To Women With Weinstein Claims
Peter Thiel-backed startup Legalist is offering a $100,000 “bounty” to anyone who comes forward with legal claims against Harvey Weinstein.
The company is extending the financial assistance any woman with what it deems a “valid sexual harassment claim” against the disgraced mogul, who has faced waves of allegations of…
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Bart & Fleming: Megyn Kelly, Hulk Hogan, Gawker & Journalism’s Secret Peril
Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this occasional column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business.
FLEMING: As I was pondering this Megyn Kelly/Alex Jones mess, I thought of the Pentagon Papers movie Steven Spielberg’s making…
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‘Nobody Speak’ Director Talks Donald Trump’s Attack On The Press – Sundance Studio
Brian Knappenberger’s documentary Nobody Speak snagged a $2 million Netflix deal during the Sundance Film Festival, one of the docus that made waves in Park City at the just-wrapped fest. The latest pic from the documentarian, last at Sundance in 2014 with The Internet's Own Boy: The Story Of Aaron Swartz…
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By Matt Grobar
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Netflix Near Deal For Hulk Hogan-Gawker Docu – Sundance
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is near a world rights deal for Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press. Five outlets bid, but it looks like Netflix is closing for around $2 million.
The Brian Knappenberger-directed documentary focuses on a case that created a chill effect for media. A sex tape of wrestler Hulk…
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Hulk Hogan & Gawker Reach $31M Settlement; “The Saga Is Over” Says Nick Denton
The legal slapdown that Hulk Hogan delivered to Gawker over publishing a sex tape of him has seen multimillion-dollar awards, bankruptcy for the Nick Denton-founded media outlet, and now a final truce of sorts.
“After four years of litigation funded by a billionaire with a grudge going back even further, a settlement…
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Gawker Asks Bankruptcy Court To Halt Hulk Hogan’s Privacy Suit
UPDATED with WGA East statement below: Just after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today, Gawker Media asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court to stop several lawsuits against it, including wrestler Hulk Hogan’s violation of privacy action. A jury awarded him $140.1 million, finding that a video Gawker posted showing…
Gawker Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection; Online Company To Be Put Up For Auction
Hulk Hogan has claimed another victim. Or was it Peter Thiel? Either way, or both, Gawker Media today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the wake of a $140M verdict in the ex-pro wrestler’s invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against the company behind such popular blogs as Deadspin and Jezebel (read the document he…
WGA East Blasts Billionaire For Funding Hulk Hogan’s Legal War With Gawker
The WGA East, which represents the editorial staff at Gawker Media, has issued a stinging rebuke of Peter Thiel, the Silicon Valley billionaire who admits to bankrolling Hulk Hogan's invasion-of-privacy lawsuit that resulted in a $140 million verdict against Gawker.
"Peter Thiel has all but confessed that his primary…
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