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@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social · 2 hours ago

Good story on Gawker. TIL Tim Cook killed a show based on it. Boo. Best quote: "Gawker eventually became like Lennie from Of Mice and Men, where it didn’t understand its own power.”
At Gawker, They Battled a Billionaire. 10 Years Later, the Scars Are Still Healing https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/inside-gawker-legacy-1236585677/

The Hollywood Reporter

At Gawker, They Battled a Billionaire. 10 Years Later, the Scars Are Still Healing

Their weaponized wit made enemies, minted stars and helped define the internet as we know it. A decade after Peter Thiel engineered the site’s spectacular collapse, Nick Denton’s diaspora is still shaping media — and haunted by what happened.

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