Victor-933 Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gawkermedia-bankruptcy-idUSKCN0YW1YP Guess we now know what people do when Hulkamania runs wild on them. I love that Hulkster's legal team was bankrolled by Peter Thiel -- who Gawker outed as gay (pro-LGBT media, my ass). Between that and the shitshow with Hulk (which I remind you included Gawker explicitly refusing to comply with a court order, as well as the "four year old" quip from one of its chief editors), this is pretty amazing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
root Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 They should've known this was coming. You don't fuck with the Hulkster. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clove Darkwave Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrishaCat Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 So does this mean the site will die finally or are they somehow going to keep it alive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor-933 Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 1 minute ago, Battlechili said: So does this mean the site will die finally or are they somehow going to keep it alive? They're trying the latter. I'm hoping for the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrishaCat Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 "Media company Ziff Davis LLC has entered an agreement to buy Gawker's assets for a little less than $100 million, according to people familiar with the matter, but that may be only the initial bid in a court-supervised auction likely to take place at the end of July." As it turns out https://www.destructoid.com/ign-s-parent-company-buys-kotaku-publisher-367341.phtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter http://operationrainfall.com/2016/06/10/ign-buys-kotaku/ It appears the owners of IGN bought Gawker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor-933 Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 1 minute ago, Battlechili said: Gawker Media was bought out by IGN. http://operationrainfall.com/2016/06/10/ign-buys-kotaku/ Not quite. GMG is up for auction; Ziff Davis (owner of IGN) made an opening bid of $90m, but it's all still tentative. Gawker ain't getting out of this that quickly. http://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/gawker-declaring-bankruptcy-will-be-put-up-for-auction-1465578030 Plus, even if they do get bought up by Ziff Davis I doubt they'd tolerate the shit Gawker has been pulling for very long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyRadarEars Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 If they do get bought by Ziff its likely they'll go the way of 1up, and just kind of disappear after a year or two with them owning the name, so they don't have the competition anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosha Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 oh no i guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamedog Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 HULKAMANIA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyRadarEars Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 No no you have to do it like this. HULKAMANIA Or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrishaCat Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 21 minutes ago, Victor-933 said: Not quite. GMG is up for auction; Ziff Davis (owner of IGN) made an opening bid of $90m, but it's all still tentative. Gawker ain't getting out of this that quickly. http://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/gawker-declaring-bankruptcy-will-be-put-up-for-auction-1465578030 Plus, even if they do get bought up by Ziff Davis I doubt they'd tolerate the shit Gawker has been pulling for very long. Ah, I see. I don't really want to see Gawker bought and/or live on in some manner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 When will a Hacksaw Jim Duggan sex tape come out? That's what people really want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastryOfApathy Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 4 hours ago, Battlechili said: So does this mean the site will die finally or are they somehow going to keep it alive? Evils such as Gawker never truly die. They simply pull themselves back together and come back stronger and more powerful. After all, the disgusting journalistic parasites the make up Gawker, Buzzfeed and its ilk need to go somewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butters Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 3 minutes ago, Sylver said: Some people are 'antifragile' which basically means that instead of breaking, they grow and develop from the experience; it improves them. In other words, a lesser character is supposedly killed, then after the anime time-skip he comes back as this unbeatable high-level boss. Is 'invincible' the word you're looking for? :V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Doggo Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 SMASH 'EM, HULKSTER 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosha Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Snap into a Slim Jim. I'm doing it right, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryphoneer Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I, for one, am also overjoyed by the fact a multi-billionaire who said female suffrage was the worst thing that happened to democracy and that democracy is a shit concept anyhow, and his pet virulent racist dealt a severe blow to the freedom of press with this act. Oh, you haven't heard Hulku-san's lawsuit was bankrolled by Peter Thiel? Welp, don't let me rain on your parade. Please, do celebrate this new milestone in the ongoing transformation of our society into a corporate dystopia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor-933 Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 49 minutes ago, Gryphoneer said: I, for one, am also overjoyed by the fact a multi-billionaire who said female suffrage was the worst thing that happened to democracy and that democracy is a shit concept anyhow, and his pet virulent racist dealt a severe blow to the freedom of press with this act. Oh, you haven't heard Hulku-san's lawsuit was bankrolled by Peter Thiel? Welp, don't let me rain on your parade. Please, do celebrate this new milestone in the ongoing transformation of our society into a corporate dystopia. Uhh.. I pointed that out in my OP when I made this topic. You're starting to show a real lack of reading comprehension. And, as also pointed out in that post, Thiel was a closeted homosexual until Gawker outed him in 2007, without his knowledge or permission. Gawker is not a hill worth dying on in defense of freedom of speech. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Lee Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Thiel sounds like your typical silicon valley libertarian neckbeard, which is pretty much the only type of person working in Silicon Valley nowadays. I heard he's supporting Donald Trump. Not sure why someone libertarian would support Trump when Gary Johnson is a much better choice, but whatever. Thiel may not be a great person himself but I have no love for clickbait and pseudo-news internet sites like Gawker especially if they out people without their permission. And "first amendment..." means the government cannot censor you. Says nothing about you being sued by another party. I was actually going to mention Thiel's support of Hulk in the old Gawker suit thread but couldn't find it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShioBear Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 now that this cancer is almost gone we just need to burn down all the buzzfeeds, cracked.coms, vox medias and everyday feminisms cancer websites to ensure no more garbage like this exists on the internets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troj Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Bwahahahaha Schadenfreude. Of course, I realize Gawker Media is only the most visible or easy-to-pick-on symptom of a larger disease. Clickbait media will live on and continue to perpetuate itself in some form or other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossa Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Theil sounds like a rather touchy, rich, spoiled crybaby. I wonder if he ever helps out others who have been outed or 'wronged' who aren't millionaires or celebrities? Probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 The Gamergate movement, which is surprisingly still a thing, are probably pretty pleased with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrishaCat Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I have a miracle to bring you all. It comes straight from the site itself. http://archive.is/FhewM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastryOfApathy Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 17 minutes ago, Battlechili said: I have a miracle to bring you all. It comes straight from the site itself. http://archive.is/FhewM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aouzy Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Wait, didn't Gawker make a website called "The Cuck" recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrishaCat Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 47 minutes ago, Aouzy said: Wait, didn't Gawker make a website called "The Cuck" recently? Yes I don't entirely understand myself, but mainsite gawker is vanishing, so that's comforting at least. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastryOfApathy Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 20 minutes ago, Battlechili said: Yes I don't entirely understand myself, but mainsite gawker is vanishing, so that's comforting at least. Wow... Is this like some bizarre form of self-satire? Is this the machination of a sad, broken man losing his fucking mind as his business actively crumbles before him? This shit is borderline Shakespearean fam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrishaCat Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 9 minutes ago, PastryOfApathy said: Wow... Is this like some bizarre form of self-satire? Is this the machination of a sad, broken man losing his fucking mind as his business actively crumbles before him? This shit is borderline Shakespearean fam. "The politics of sitting down to pee" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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