Gawker.com Is Shutting Down After Sale To Univision

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14 years after Gawker.com first tore into the digital journalism scene as a celebrity gossip site, Gawker Media’s flagship site will shut down next week, the site reported on Thursday.

The news comes after Univision successfully bid $135 million for Gawker Media’s network of six other sites, months after Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel bankrolled wrestler Hulk Hogan’s legal battle with the site.

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