The fabulism of Hulk Hogan
Stuart Millard on the demented fantasy world of Hulk Hogan. [Frantic Planet via Charles Wheeler] Old wrestlers come from a world where there’s no such thing as a lie, just a “work,” where the faces and...
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Every tabloid wants to die for its virtues
You may have heard that a lawsuit targeting Gawker, over its posting of a Hulk Hogan sex tape, is going to trial, and that Gawker may have a long and unpleasant fight ahead of it. The Awl explains it...
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Hulk Hogan allowed "one plain bandana" in Gawker sex tape trial
According to The Tampa Bay Times, Circuit Judge Pamela Campbell said on Monday that she will permit Hulk Hogan one "plain bandana" during his trial against Gawker for posting excerpts from a...
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Gawker lost. Hulk Hogan wins $115M verdict against Gawker in sex tape trial
Time to see how much money is in those Cayman Island accounts.— Joel and 9 Others (@joeljohnson) March 18, 2016 A Florida jury today ruled in favor of Hulk Hogan's privacy claims instead of Gawker's...
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Poster for the inevitable Hulk Hogan and Peter Thiel vs Nick Denton and...
Billionaire Pierre Omidyar "steps into the ring" in the long-running legal fight over privacy and journalistic freedom, fought lately between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media. The intervention, on Gawker's...
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What Amazon's Jeff Bezos thinks about Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker
In this video from the Recode conference, an interesting reveal of what Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos thinks of the legal battle between Peter Thiel and Gawker, with Hulk Hogan as a most unfortunate...
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Gawker files for bankruptcy protection, entertains buyers
Peter Kafka reports that Gawker's filed for bankruptcy protection to avoid paying Hulk Hogan the $140m judgment he won against it. Though legal experts believe the judgment will be much-reduced or...
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Gawker files for bankruptcy, will sell itself after $140 million Hulk Hogan...
Gawker Media was crushed by the $140 million legal judgment in Hulk Hogan's invasion-of-privacy lawsuit, which we now know was financed by a bitter and resentful Peter Thiel. Nick Denton's gossip news...
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Gawker settles with Hulk Hogan in Peter Thiel-backed lawsuit: After 4-year...
The deal is done. Gawker Media today settled its case with former wrestling star Hulk Hogan, which brought Nick Denton's blogging empire to bankruptcy, ending the company's long reign as an independent...
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Melania Trump suit from 'Gawker-killer' lawyer claims harm to...
A lawyer for Melania Trump argued in a lawsuit filed today that a since-retracted Daily Mail article claiming she once worked as an escort harmed her odds of establishing “multimillion dollar business...
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Gawker alumni are crowdfunding to outbid Peter Thiel for control of Gawker's...
Gawker was bankrupted by Peter Thiel, who secretly backed Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against the network of news, entertainment and gossip sites in an act of petty revenge. (more…)
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The mystery man behind the destruction of Gawker
Aron D’Souza is the man behind Peter Thiel's successful campaign to destroy Gawker through litigation, according to an exposé by Buzzfeed News. The whole thing seems to dance pretty close to the line...
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