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Gawker Media has filed for bankruptcy, saying it cannot pay the $140 million awarded to Hulk Hogan in a lawsuit funded by Peter Thiel. The company is putting itself up for sale, with an offer already in from Ziff Davis.
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Owen, Laura Hazard. "Gawker Media has filed for bankruptcy and is putting itself up for sale (possibly to Ziff Davis)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Jun. 2016. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.
APA
Owen, L. (2016, Jun. 10). Gawker Media has filed for bankruptcy and is putting itself up for sale (possibly to Ziff Davis). Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/06/gawker-media-has-filed-for-bankruptcy-the-filing-is-here/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Gawker Media has filed for bankruptcy and is putting itself up for sale (possibly to Ziff Davis)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 10, 2016. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/06/gawker-media-has-filed-for-bankruptcy-the-filing-is-here/.
Wikipedia
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