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This Is How Gawker.com Died. Long Live Gawker.

THE END

The site is no more—and founder Nick Denton paid tribute to its staff’s hustle and originality in a memo sent after the official death announcement was made.

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Was it a murder or a suicide?

In other words, did Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel savagely kill Gawker.com—or was its demise the inevitable result of a self-inflicted wound, namely the October 2012 decision to publish a grainy sex video featuring celebrity pro wrestler Hulk Hogan (real name: Terry Bollea), who...

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