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.