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advertisementadvertisementOver the weekend The New York Times an interesting read by Ben Smith on the rise of Substack and its effect on the publishing industry. Yet buried deep in the piece was another little gem: The legendary blog Gawker is being revived. As Smith wrote:advertisementadvertisement(Speaking of that spirit: Bustle Digital Group confirmed to me that it’s reviving the legendary blog Gawker under a former Gawker writer, Leah Finnegan.)Leah Finnegan herself then confirmed the news on Twitter.the rumors are true..— Leah Finnegan (@leahfinnegan) Right now not a lot else is known about Gawker’s revival. (I’ve reached out to Finnegan for comment and will update this post with any reply.) It’s likely Gawker will come back and retain its old blog format. Then again, the industry has gone through many changes since August 2016 when Gawker . It’s possible Gawker could be revived as a Substack-like platform, though that’s just speculation on my part.advertisementadvertisementBustle Digital Group (BDG), which is reportedly the publisher of the revived Gawker, owns nine other publishing brands including Bustle, Mic, Inverse, Nylon, and Elite Daily. At the time of this writing, Gawker has not been added to BDG’s brand page.Gawker shut down in 2016 after Hulk Hogan won a privacy suit against the publication for publishing a sex tape featuring the wrestler. Hogan’s suit was partially funded by billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel, about whom Gawker wrote a story headlined “Peter Thiel is totally gay, people” in 2007. Hogan was originally awarded $140 million in the Gawker suit, bankrupting the blog. Gawker later reached a settlement with Hogan for $31 million.Worth noting: This is not the first time BDG has tried to revive Gawker. An in 2019 was abandoned after months of staff turnover and disagreements over leadership.advertisementadvertisementadvertisementadvertisementadvertisement

advertisementadvertisementOver the weekend The New York Times an interesting read by Ben Smith on the rise of Substack and its effect on the publishing industry. Yet buried deep in the piece was another little gem: The legendary blog Gawker is being revived. As Smith wrote:advertisementadvertisement(Speaking of that spirit: Bustle Digital Group confirmed to me that it’s reviving the legendary blog Gawker under a former Gawker writer, Leah Finnegan.)Leah Finnegan herself then confirmed the news on Twitter.the rumors are true..— Leah Finnegan (@leahfinnegan) Right now not a lot else is known...

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