![]() ![]() ![]() To the six million people around the world who each weekday come to Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Deadspin, Kotaku, Jalopnik, Jezebel, and Gawker: As long as you keep reading, we’ll keep informing and engaging you around the issues you’re passionate about.Īround here, save for the kegs of beer that arrived early on Friday, it’s business as usual. Your participation is what makes Gawker’s sites communities as much as digital media brands. A thank you to them, and to all the readers who dropped by our sites on Friday, when news of the sale broke, to chat with our editors. Gawker Media’s audience comes for the stories, and the default response of our writers when faced with a crisis is to write more. And the power of a shadowy billionaire looks much less alarming now that it has emerged blinking into the spotlight. The spirit that animates Gawker remains strong. The legal battle, separated from the ongoing business, moves onto the next round. Here is the good news: The future of the business is secured by a provisional sale agreement with Ziff Davis, and by our filing on Friday for Chapter 11 protection. ![]() However, Gawker will be just fine, both in business and in spirit. To those who have offered support, thank you. That sympathy is often followed by fear for what Facebook director Peter Thiel’s revenge campaign-a billionaire secretly funding lawsuits against publishers, editors, and writers for stories that disrespected him and his friends-means for the functioning of a critical press. “I’m so sorry,” more than one has written. Perhaps the most embarrassing aspect of filing for bankruptcy is the well-meaning condolence note from a friend. ![]()
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