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Gawker's CEO asked the PayPal co-founder to debate him publicly. — -- Gawker founder Nick Denton has written an open letter to Peter Thiel, criticizing the PayPal co-founder's decision to ...
Peter Thiel's war on Gawker goes back longer than previously realized. Here's the untold story of his siege.
Marc Randazza: Peter Thiel criticized for funding Hulk Hogan suit as revenge against Gawker gossip reporting Randazza: It's not simple First Amendment threat; Thiel's motivations defensible when ...
Here’s the irony of Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel’s role in bankrolling the legal campaign waged by wrestler Hulk Hogan against Gawker, the celebrity-trolling website: Thiel’s gripe ...
Peter Thiel, tech billionaire and co-founder of PayPal, spent $10 million dollars helping Hulk Hogan win his case against Gawker Media. (Video: Daron Taylor, Jhaan Elker/The Washington Post) ...
Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel wrote a New York Times op-ed published discussing the Gawker lawsuit, journalism and online privacy.
Silicon Valley titan Peter Thiel is hacking democracy — hacking it to pieces, that is.
Last year, former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan took online news outlet Gawker to court, suing the often-inflammatory publication for defamation over the publication of a sex tape several years ago ...
My old boss, Gawker Media CEO, Nick Denton, called me last month. From the deadpan affect I’d learned to decode a dozen years ago, I could tell he had some juicy tidbit. “I’ve heard that ...
Peter Thiel Agrees Not to Buy Gawker In a settlement, Thiel also won't provide third-party funding to anyone wishing to sue Gawker over archives.
How Peter Thiel’s Secret War With Gawker Came to Light Turns out that just because you're paranoid, doesn’t mean a tech billionaire who was publicly outed by your website isn’t after you ...
Marc Randazza: Peter Thiel criticized for funding Hulk Hogan suit as revenge against Gawker gossip reporting Randazza: It's not simple First Amendment threat; Thiel's motivations defensible when ...