![]() ![]() umbrella, reportedly for less than $50 million. Gizmodo was subsequently acquired by Great Hill Partners along with The Onion in 2019 under the G/O Media Inc. On September 21, 2016, Univision moved all of the Gawker Media properties to their newly-created Gizmodo Media Group. Two days later on August 18, the company announced that would cease operations the following week, while its other sites will continue to operate. On August 16, 2016, all of the Gawker Media brands, assets except for, were acquired at auction by Univision Communications for $135 million. In 2016, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after damages of $140 million were awarded against the company as a result of the Hulk Hogan sex tape lawsuit. to Gawker Media, Inc., and to Gawker Media LLC shortly after. In 2004, the company renamed from Blogwire, Inc. ![]() All Gawker articles are licensed on a Creative Commons attribution-noncommercial license. Incorporated in the Cayman Islands, as of 2012, Gawker Media was the parent company for seven different weblogs and many subsites under them:, Deadspin, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Kotaku, Jalopnik, and Jezebel. It was founded by Nick Denton in October 2003 as Blogwire, and was based in New York City. and Gawker Media, Inc.) was an American online media company and blog network. Gawker Media LLC (formerly Blogwire, Inc. ![]()
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