Digital publisher Mic, which laid of nearly its entire staff before being sold to Bustle Digital Group in late November, began publishing new content from new writers on January 11. The writers appear to be working on a freelance basis, legitmising fears of Mic’s union. On Wednesday, news broke that […]

Heather Dietrick is the CEO of The Daily Beast and the former president and legal counsel of media company Gawker. At the end of its tenure, Gawker was engaged in a lawsuit with the former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan that ultimately led to its demise in 2016. Dietrick said facing […]

Heather Dietrick is the CEO of the Daily Beast. She was the president of Gawker during the Hulk Hogan lawsuit, which brought down the company. Dietrick says she’s embraced risk taking, and it’s led to unusual job opportunities that have paid off. When Heather Dietrick came to the Daily Beast […]

The defunct gossip blog Gawker has a new owner. Bryan Goldberg, who founded Bustle and Bleacher Report, put in the winning $US1.35 million bid for Gawker.com in an auction held Thursday in Manhattan, the New York Post reported. Gawker shuttered in August 2016 after a lawsuit filed by Hulk Hogan […]

A mysterious “Mr. A” allegedly inspired Peter Thiel to try and destroy news site Gawker. The Silicon Valley investor subsequently secretly bankrolled legal cases against the company, culminating in it shutting down in 2016. BuzzFeed News reports that “Mr. A” is a finance professional named Aron D’Souza. In August 2016, […]

PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel is looking to develop a conservative cable-news outlet to rival Fox News, BuzzFeed News reports. Thiel had been working on the project with Fox News founder Roger Ailes before Ailes died in May, but has since moved forward with the project, according to the report. Thiel, […]

Former Gawker employees have launched a Kickstarter to buy Gawker.com. Gawker.com ceased publication in 2016 and was not included in the sale to Univision. Gawker founder Nick Denton is not involved. A group of former Gawker employees launched a Kickstarter on Monday to buy back the domain name and archives […]

BuzzFeed reports that lawyers for influential billionaire Peter Thiel are objecting to him being left out of the sale process for Gawker.com, indicating possible interest from Thiel to bid on the domain and its archive of articles. Peter Thiel financed wrestler Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media, eventually forcing it […]

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Mighty, a New York City-based startup that focuses on litigation finance, just got $US9 million in equity funding plus $US105 million more for its first investment fund. In litigation finance, investors fund lawsuits and get a cut of any settlement or cash award. The industry gained notoriety after Peter Thiel […]

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