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08-11-2016, 10:42 PM
Gawker throws a party that might have been a wake
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Nick Denton, Gawker CEO and co-founder, had just finished giving a gratitude-filled speech when he handed the microphone to executive editor John Cook.*
"I don't k**w if I'm at a wake or..." Cook said, trailing off to leave the ending open to *interpretation by the Gawker employees, familiar reporters and New York media set that had gathered at the company's ****** for a relatively impromptu party billed as "a celebration of 14 years of independent journalism."
A joke, sure, but Cook couldn't have summed up the scene better.*
Gawker is nearing an end to a dramatic few months that included a stunning $140 million judgement in a suit brought by Hulk Hogan, the revelation that Hogan's case and many others against Gawker and its employees have been backed by venture billionaire Peter Thiel and culminating in the company being forced to declare bankruptcy.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/11/gawker-party-wake/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Nick Denton, Gawker CEO and co-founder, had just finished giving a gratitude-filled speech when he handed the microphone to executive editor John Cook.*
"I don't k**w if I'm at a wake or..." Cook said, trailing off to leave the ending open to *interpretation by the Gawker employees, familiar reporters and New York media set that had gathered at the company's ****** for a relatively impromptu party billed as "a celebration of 14 years of independent journalism."
A joke, sure, but Cook couldn't have summed up the scene better.*
Gawker is nearing an end to a dramatic few months that included a stunning $140 million judgement in a suit brought by Hulk Hogan, the revelation that Hogan's case and many others against Gawker and its employees have been backed by venture billionaire Peter Thiel and culminating in the company being forced to declare bankruptcy.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/11/gawker-party-wake/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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