{"id":310645,"date":"2021-07-29T00:10:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T21:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gawker-quietly-relaunches-asks-readers-for-an-open-mind-and-heart\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T00:10:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T21:10:43","slug":"gawker-quietly-relaunches-asks-readers-for-an-open-mind-and-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gawker-quietly-relaunches-asks-readers-for-an-open-mind-and-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"#Gawker quietly relaunches, asks readers for an ‘open mind and heart’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Gawker quietly relaunches, asks readers for an ‘open mind and heart’<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Gawker \u2014 the snarky gossip site that went bankrupt five years ago because of a lawsuit over a Hulk Hogan sex tape \u2014 quietly relaunched on Wednesday, begging readers to have an \u201copen mind and an open heart.\u201d <\/p>\n

Picked up at a\u00a0bankruptcy auction three years ago by Bustle Digital Group, the site reapp<\/a>eared in a third iteration after Bustle\u2019s headstrong CEO Bryan Goldberg attempted to resuscitate the toxic site twice before. <\/p>\n

News<\/a> spilled out this spring that Gawker was making its debut but no specific date was given. A Bustle spokeswoman confirmed that the site launched in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, but declined to provide details as to why it was making such a low-key debut. <\/p>\n

Leah Finnegan, a sharp-tongued writer and editor who was tapped to helm Gawker earlier this year, gives hints in her letter from the editor, which sits on the homepage <\/a>alongside a doctored image of \u201cThe Resurrection of Christ,\u201d in which Jesus is holding a Gawker flag and superimposed images of Lena Dunhan\u2019s head and the Phillie Phanatic mascot watch below. <\/p>\n

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Bryan Goldberg, CEO of Bustle Digital Group, bought Gawker at a bankruptcy auction in 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen Bustle Digital Group first approached me to revive Gawker last year, I said absolutely no way in hell,\u201d Finnegan writes. \u201cWho in God\u2019s name would would want to edit a website that was cratered by an evil tech lord and sullied by a botched relaunch? The Gawker name was toxic, but also weirdly revered; an intractable combination.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over time, Finnegan warmed to the idea, which is lucky for Goldberg, who spent the early days of the pandemic approaching loads of New York-based journalists to take the gig. The chief issue for most was the site\u2019s troubled past and the apparent lack of clear direction for its future, sources told The Post. <\/p>\n

That past included then-Gawker owner Nick Denton losing a\u00a0$140 million invasion-of-privacy lawsuit to Hulk Hogan over the site\u2019s posting a video of the wrestler having sex with his best friend\u2019s wife.\u00a0That debacle caused the site to shutter and file for bankruptcy in 2016. Goldberg, who was often mocked by Denton\u2019s Gawker<\/a> as a \u201cclueless scamp,\u201d bought the site for $1.35 million. <\/p>\n

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Wrestler Hulk Hogan put Gawker out of business when he won a $140 million judgment against the site. <\/figcaption>
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Goldberg tried to relaunch the site two years later under Carson Griffith, but before it got off the ground, the Daily Beast wrote a story\u00a0accusing Griffith of making racist and homophobic remarks<\/a>\u00a0to her tiny relaunch staff. The kerfuffle landed in the courts and it trip<\/a>ped up the launch. <\/p>\n

A year later, Goldberg tapped former Details editor in chief Dan Peres, but the editor had trouble hiring staffers and had couldn\u2019t get the relaunch off the ground. <\/p>\n

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Gawker founder Nick Denton shuttered the site and filed for bankruptcy in 2016.<\/figcaption>
Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With this in mind, Finnegan asked readers to \u201capproach this new iteration of Gawker with an open mind and an open heart,\u201d as they scroll through the highly stylized website and eclectic columns like \u201cAsk a F-k up,\u201d self-mocking posts like \u201cHere\u2019s what some people think about Gawker coming back\u201d and irreverent items entitled: \u201cAdam Neuman spotted in the Hamptons with a pizza and a rabbi,\u201d or \u201cDo Justin and Hailey Bieber hate each other?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here to make you laugh, I hope, and think, and do a spit-take or furrow your brow, or maybe go \u2018huh!\u2019 or \u2018wow!\u2019 or \u2018damn!\u2019 or \u2018what the f-k?\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019m glad someone finally said it!,\u201d\u2018 concludes Finnegan. \u201cSo, I hope you like it. And if you don\u2019t, that\u2019s really more of a \u2018you\u2019 problem, I think.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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