![]() In 2006, Gawker combined its "Gawker Stalker" celebrity sightings section with a Google map of New York that was updated in real time. Here are some of the biggest - and most notorious - stories during Gawker's nearly 14-year tenure. NEW YORK - Founded in 2003 as a gossipy blog about Manhattan's media elite, Gawker pioneered the irreverent, snarky tone that has become ubiquitous online.įrom revealing Tom Cruise's Scientology recruitment video to publishing the Hulk Hogan sex tape that ultimately lead to the site's demise, Gawker posts sought to be an antidote to celebrity puff pieces and often created a sensation even as they pushed the boundaries of gossip and journalism and sometimes, good taste. The site's tactics led to its downfall after it lost a lawsuit to Hulk Hogan over posting a sex tape of him. Nathan Denette/SUB Show More Show Less 4 of4 From Tom Cruise's Scientology recruitment video to news of the late Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack to publishing an anonymous account of a tryst with tea party candidate Christine O'Donnell, Gawker toed the line between privacy and public fodder for celebrities. PAUL WHITE/STF Show More Show Less 3 of4 From Tom Cruise's Scientology recruitment video to news of the late Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack to publishing an anonymous account of a tryst with tea party candidate Christine O'Donnell, Gawker toed the line between privacy and public fodder for celebrities. ![]() (Dirk Shadd/The Tampa Bay Times via AP, Pool, File) Dirk Shadd/POOL Show More Show Less 2 of4 From Tom Cruise's Scientology recruitment video to news of the late Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack to publishing an anonymous account of a tryst with tea party candidate Christine O'Donnell, Gawker toed the line between privacy and public fodder for celebrities. ![]() is going to shut down as its parent company is sold to Univision, a reporter for the 14-year-old site said Thursday, Aug. Hogan sued Gawker for invasion of privacy and, bankrolled by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, won a $140 million judgment that led to Gawker's bankruptcy filing. 1 of4 FILE - In this Monday, March 21, 2016, file photo, Hulk Hogan, whose given name is Terry Bollea, center, looks on in court moments after a jury returned its decision in St.
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