That video got leaked and was posted on in 2012, despite pleas from Hogan's legal team that the footage was taken without his permission. Unbeknownst to the wrestler, his best friend secretly hid a camera and microphone in the room to film the encounter. In 2006, Hulk Hogan slept with Health Clem, his best friend's wife. "Nick's intention was always to do what British newspapers had done forever, which was to not hold back on going after important stories, no matter who they involved," Gaby Darbyshire, Gawker's former chief operating officer, who worked alongside Denton for a decade, told the Independent: "When we started Gawker in the States, that tone and willingness to shine a bright light on dark corners didn't really exist."īut maybe the United States wasn't ready to see all the dark corners Gawker wanted to illuminate. Of course, there were plenty of sex and drugs scoops too: Josh Duggar's Ashley Madison account and former conservative mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, smoking crack. Gawker's scoops included the Tom Cruise Scientology indoctrination video and news of Hillary Clinton's use of private emails. It kept billionaires, movie stars, and state leaders real. But Gawker tried to be more than just a gossip blog.ĭenton wanted Gawker Media to transcend the world of traditional tabloids and blogs by publishing stories that were not only interesting, but also true and original. It detailed the drama in Hollywood, New York, Washington, DC. "People like a little bit of a soap opera in their media," Denton once said and the media empire he created definitely gave people what they wanted. Gawker Knocks Celebrities Off Their Pedestals At his peak, Celebrity Net Worth estimated Denton was worth $120 million, thanks to his stake in Gawker and various other investments. These views translate to millions of dollars for Denton. The company's headquarters on Fifth Avenue house the almost 300 employees who crank out stories for , the sports blog Deadspin, the tech blog Gizmodo, and feminist site Jezebel. It is only one of the eight successful sites that make up Gawker Media. Today, alone gets millions of views a month. By May 2003, Denton reported on Gawker that his site was receiving more than 20,000 visitors per day and 500,000 page views per month. The site took aim at celebrities and the New York media with a catchy, "snarky" tone. In 2002, Denton launched Gawker in his Manhattan apartment. Denton was a natural Internet entrepreneur. He co-founded two sites and sold one of them two years later for $50 million. But he quickly quit his job and joined the revolution, instead. The Oxford-educated graduate was supposed to cover the Internet revolution. In 1998, the Financial Times sent a British journalist to San Francisco. An Oxford-Educated Journalist Becomes a Gossip Blogger
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