![]() Trotter write in a post announcing the shut-down. “Near-term plans for ’s coverage, as well as the site’s archives, have not yet been finalized,” Gawker reporter J.K. The company has not revealed exactly what day will go offline, but it will be before Aug. Soon after the ruling, billionaire Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal, revealed he funded the lawsuit, as well as several other third-party suits, and had a long-running vendetta against Gawker for publishing stories about his sexual orientation in 2007. Gawker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June and put itself up for auction. In March, a judge ruled in favor of Hogan, whose legal name is Terry Bollea, and awarded the wrestler $140 million in damages. ’s closing is the final chapter of a years-long legal battle between Gawker and professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, who sued the website for releasing a sexually graphic video recorded of him without his knowledge. ![]() Univision, which operates multiple Spanish-language outlets, did not express interest in keeping running, although it will manage some of Gawker’s other properties, including the women’s interest site Jezebel, technology blog Gizmodo and videogame outlet Kotaku. The decision comes two days after Univision Holdings won a bankruptcy auction to buy Gawker for $135 million. Online publishing company Gawker Media Group announced Thursday that its flagship digital property,, would shut down next week and end its nearly 14-year run of broadcasting news and gossip.
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