The WGA East has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the Bustle Digital Group, claiming that three of the 39 guild members who were laid off there recently were terminated “in retaliation for their concerted, protected union activity in violation of the National Labor Relations Act.”
Members of the guild’s Bdg bargaining unit, wearing union shirts and Napoleonic hats, delivered the unfair labor practices charges today to the office of Bdg CEO Bryan Goldberg — who paid 1.4 million in 2021 for one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s rare two-cornered hats.
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“The company’s decision to lay-off three WGA East unit members for concerted, protected...
Members of the guild’s Bdg bargaining unit, wearing union shirts and Napoleonic hats, delivered the unfair labor practices charges today to the office of Bdg CEO Bryan Goldberg — who paid 1.4 million in 2021 for one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s rare two-cornered hats.
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“The company’s decision to lay-off three WGA East unit members for concerted, protected...
- 2/14/2023
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Gawker is suspending operations, again.
Bustle Digital Group on Wednesday announced that it was shutting down the revived media brand, about 18 months after reviving the title.
In an email to staffers, CEO Bryan Goldberg also wrote that they would be eliminating about 8 of positions at the company. “Gawker published a lot of brilliant pieces in these nearly two years. But in this new reality, we have to prioritize our better monetized sites. It’s a business decision, and one that, reluctantly, must be made.”
The editor in chief of Gawker, Leah Finnegan, wrote, “Well, after an incredible 1.5 years, Bdg has decided it is done with Gawker 2.0. Can’t say enough about how proud I am of the site and all the brilliant people who worked to create it, and what a staggering shame this is. I had an absolute blast, and I love you.”
The original Gawker was an early digital media success,...
Bustle Digital Group on Wednesday announced that it was shutting down the revived media brand, about 18 months after reviving the title.
In an email to staffers, CEO Bryan Goldberg also wrote that they would be eliminating about 8 of positions at the company. “Gawker published a lot of brilliant pieces in these nearly two years. But in this new reality, we have to prioritize our better monetized sites. It’s a business decision, and one that, reluctantly, must be made.”
The editor in chief of Gawker, Leah Finnegan, wrote, “Well, after an incredible 1.5 years, Bdg has decided it is done with Gawker 2.0. Can’t say enough about how proud I am of the site and all the brilliant people who worked to create it, and what a staggering shame this is. I had an absolute blast, and I love you.”
The original Gawker was an early digital media success,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Gawker is shutting down for a second time.
After first shutting down following a lawsuit from wrestler Hulk Hogan, the pop culture and satire website was acquired by Bustle Digital Group CEO Bryan Goldberg in the summer of 2018 for 1.35 million. Bustle relaunched the site in July 2021, with editor in chief Leah Finnegan at the helm.
Finnegan tweeted that the site is now shuttering again.
“Well, after an incredible 1.5 years, Bdg has decided it is done with Gawker 2.0. Can’t say enough about how proud I am of the site and all the brilliant people who worked to create it, and what a staggering shame this is. I had an absolute blast, and I love you,” Finnegan said in her tweet Wednesday.
The Writers Guild of America, East, which represents Gawker staffers, said about 40 staffers were laid off, including eight members from Gawker, while the others were part-time workers from Bdg’s Women and Lifestyle sites.
After first shutting down following a lawsuit from wrestler Hulk Hogan, the pop culture and satire website was acquired by Bustle Digital Group CEO Bryan Goldberg in the summer of 2018 for 1.35 million. Bustle relaunched the site in July 2021, with editor in chief Leah Finnegan at the helm.
Finnegan tweeted that the site is now shuttering again.
“Well, after an incredible 1.5 years, Bdg has decided it is done with Gawker 2.0. Can’t say enough about how proud I am of the site and all the brilliant people who worked to create it, and what a staggering shame this is. I had an absolute blast, and I love you,” Finnegan said in her tweet Wednesday.
The Writers Guild of America, East, which represents Gawker staffers, said about 40 staffers were laid off, including eight members from Gawker, while the others were part-time workers from Bdg’s Women and Lifestyle sites.
- 2/1/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
More than 130 WGA East members employed at several media outlets owned by Bustle Digital Group have signed a petition calling on CEO Bryan Goldberg to address their salary demands after nearly two years of contract negotiations. The outlets include Gawker, Bustle, Nylon, Elite Daily and Scary Mommy.
“We, the undersigned employees of Bdg, demand that management commit to wage and salary minimums in line with accepted union industry standards,” the petition says. “Collectively, we call on management to propose and confirm living wages for all employees. We trust that management will act in good faith regarding the union’s proposals and continued negotiations.”
“After nearly two years at the bargaining table, guild members at Bdg are still fighting for a first collective bargaining agreement that addresses their needs and concerns, including reasonable salary provisions,” said WGA East executive director Lowell Peterson. “This petition demonstrates the Bdg unit’s unwavering resolve and solidarity.
“We, the undersigned employees of Bdg, demand that management commit to wage and salary minimums in line with accepted union industry standards,” the petition says. “Collectively, we call on management to propose and confirm living wages for all employees. We trust that management will act in good faith regarding the union’s proposals and continued negotiations.”
“After nearly two years at the bargaining table, guild members at Bdg are still fighting for a first collective bargaining agreement that addresses their needs and concerns, including reasonable salary provisions,” said WGA East executive director Lowell Peterson. “This petition demonstrates the Bdg unit’s unwavering resolve and solidarity.
- 12/21/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Gawker, the digital brand whose gimlet-eyed but often caustic tone won it many fans but plenty of enemies, has been brought back to life by Bustle Digital Group.
Leah Finnegan, who was a staffer at the original Gawker, is the editor-in-chief of the new version. It joins a portfolio of brands including Bustle, Nylon and Mic. Bustle Digital Group CEO Bryan Goldberg paid $1.35 million for the Gawker name at a bankruptcy auction in 2018.
The original Gawker, founded in 2002, was abruptly unplugged in 2016 after a Florida jury sided with Hulk Hogan, who sued Gawker Media Group after Gawker posted a sex tape featuring the wrestler. Tech billionaire Peter Thiel spent $10 million to bankroll the libel suit. He said he had been motivated by the site’s 2007 outing of him as gay, something the site did to others on other occasions.
The libel verdict prompted a wide range of reactions in the...
Leah Finnegan, who was a staffer at the original Gawker, is the editor-in-chief of the new version. It joins a portfolio of brands including Bustle, Nylon and Mic. Bustle Digital Group CEO Bryan Goldberg paid $1.35 million for the Gawker name at a bankruptcy auction in 2018.
The original Gawker, founded in 2002, was abruptly unplugged in 2016 after a Florida jury sided with Hulk Hogan, who sued Gawker Media Group after Gawker posted a sex tape featuring the wrestler. Tech billionaire Peter Thiel spent $10 million to bankroll the libel suit. He said he had been motivated by the site’s 2007 outing of him as gay, something the site did to others on other occasions.
The libel verdict prompted a wide range of reactions in the...
- 7/28/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Digital media outfit Bustle Digital Group (Bdg) has shuttered one its properties, The Outline -- a news website dedicate to covering power, culture, and the technology, which was founded by veteran tech journalist Joshua Topolsky in 2015. Bdg acquired The Outline last March for an undisclosed sum.
Variety reports that Bdg also laid off the entire Outline staff amid corporate complications stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, with executive editor Leah Finnegan sharing the news on Twitter. “I am tremendously proud of all the weird, funny, interesting, and brilliant stuff we put into the universe, and all the talented writers we were able to publish,” she wrote. “Thank you for reading, and I hope you will remember what we did fondly.”
Bdg, led by founder and CEO Bryan Goldberg, is the parent of several digital media brands, including its flagship women’s interest outlet Bustle, as well as Elite Daily, Mic, Nylon,...
Variety reports that Bdg also laid off the entire Outline staff amid corporate complications stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, with executive editor Leah Finnegan sharing the news on Twitter. “I am tremendously proud of all the weird, funny, interesting, and brilliant stuff we put into the universe, and all the talented writers we were able to publish,” she wrote. “Thank you for reading, and I hope you will remember what we did fondly.”
Bdg, led by founder and CEO Bryan Goldberg, is the parent of several digital media brands, including its flagship women’s interest outlet Bustle, as well as Elite Daily, Mic, Nylon,...
- 4/3/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Boston-based private equity firm Great Hill Partners on Monday announced plans to purchase Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion from Univision. The buy caps months of feverish speculation over what would happen to the troubled slate of websites, which include brands like Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Jezebel, Deadspin and Splinter.
Neither company offered specifics about the purchase price went for but people familiar with the deal told the Wall Street Journal that the final price was markedly less than the $135 million Univision paid for the websites back in 2016.
Great Hill Partners said in a statement that it planned to fold the websites into the newly created G/O Media, which would all come under the editorial leadership of longtime digital veteran James Spanfeller.
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“This opportunity comes at a time when the entire digital media category is beginning to be...
Neither company offered specifics about the purchase price went for but people familiar with the deal told the Wall Street Journal that the final price was markedly less than the $135 million Univision paid for the websites back in 2016.
Great Hill Partners said in a statement that it planned to fold the websites into the newly created G/O Media, which would all come under the editorial leadership of longtime digital veteran James Spanfeller.
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“This opportunity comes at a time when the entire digital media category is beginning to be...
- 4/8/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Univision Communications reached a deal to sell Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion to private-equity firm Great Hill Partners for an undisclosed amount.
With the sale, Great Hill will form a new company called G/O Media Inc., headed by digital content industry vet Jim Spanfeller, who also will be a “significant investor” in the company. The sale puts an end to Univision’s bid — under then-ceo Randy Falco — to diversify beyond its Hispanic broadcasting core business into what it had hoped would be a fast-growing, young-skewing mass digital play.
Terms of the all-cash deal weren’t disclosed. According to person familiar with the deal, Great Hill is paying considerably less than the $135 million that Univision paid in August 2016 for the Gawker assets in a bankruptcy auction, (which didn’t include Gawker.com). Univision acquired a 40% stake in The Onion in January 2017.
The brands moving from Univision to G/O...
With the sale, Great Hill will form a new company called G/O Media Inc., headed by digital content industry vet Jim Spanfeller, who also will be a “significant investor” in the company. The sale puts an end to Univision’s bid — under then-ceo Randy Falco — to diversify beyond its Hispanic broadcasting core business into what it had hoped would be a fast-growing, young-skewing mass digital play.
Terms of the all-cash deal weren’t disclosed. According to person familiar with the deal, Great Hill is paying considerably less than the $135 million that Univision paid in August 2016 for the Gawker assets in a bankruptcy auction, (which didn’t include Gawker.com). Univision acquired a 40% stake in The Onion in January 2017.
The brands moving from Univision to G/O...
- 4/8/2019
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Taylor Rooks, a former CBS Sports Network reporter, will host Bleacher Report’s new digital interview-style series “Take it There With Taylor Rooks,” the digital media company announced Wednesday morning.
The new series, which will have a run time of 10-15 minutes an episode, will feature Rooks interviewing popular athletes, celebrities and influencers whom Bleacher Report describes as “newsmakers and trendsetters.” Rather than hosting the interviews in a studio, Rooks will conduct the conversations in locations that have a strong tie to the guest, like their home or favorite coffee shop.
Bleacher Report is currently in the midst of booking guests for the interview-style series, which is expected to premiere in April as part of the company’s “Premiere Month,” which will also see their Emmy-nominated “Game of Zones” and “The Champions” return from a fall hiatus.
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The new series, which will have a run time of 10-15 minutes an episode, will feature Rooks interviewing popular athletes, celebrities and influencers whom Bleacher Report describes as “newsmakers and trendsetters.” Rather than hosting the interviews in a studio, Rooks will conduct the conversations in locations that have a strong tie to the guest, like their home or favorite coffee shop.
Bleacher Report is currently in the midst of booking guests for the interview-style series, which is expected to premiere in April as part of the company’s “Premiere Month,” which will also see their Emmy-nominated “Game of Zones” and “The Champions” return from a fall hiatus.
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- 3/6/2019
- by Matt Lopez
- The Wrap
Bleacher co-founder Dave Finocchio will step down from the digital media sports company this summer, with Howard Mittman taking over as CEO.
Mittman, who has served as both chief revenue officer and chief marketing officer since August 2017, will begin immediately, ahead of Finocchio’s June departure. After Finocchio leaves, Mittman will report directly to Matt Hong’s Turner Sports’ COO, who has overseen Bleacher Report for the last six years.
“I’m incredibly grateful to the many, many people who’ve helped make B/R so successful, going back to our humble beginnings,” Finocchio said. “This has been the experience of a lifetime, and I believe the work we put in over the past few years, in particular, helps set B/R up for great future success. I will continue rooting hard for Howard and the entire team.”
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Mittman, who has served as both chief revenue officer and chief marketing officer since August 2017, will begin immediately, ahead of Finocchio’s June departure. After Finocchio leaves, Mittman will report directly to Matt Hong’s Turner Sports’ COO, who has overseen Bleacher Report for the last six years.
“I’m incredibly grateful to the many, many people who’ve helped make B/R so successful, going back to our humble beginnings,” Finocchio said. “This has been the experience of a lifetime, and I believe the work we put in over the past few years, in particular, helps set B/R up for great future success. I will continue rooting hard for Howard and the entire team.”
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- 2/20/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Gawker chief Bryan Goldberg offered a public finger wag to the site’s newly-hired editorial director Carson Griffith, telling TheWrap he did not condone earlier tweets from Griffith that were dredged up by Splinter, many of which complained about her maid or used racially insensitive language.
“Nobody at our company, myself included, condoned or stood behind the tweets. Those tweets absolutely do not reflect the company’s values. That’s certainly not the direction Gawker will go,” Goldberg told TheWrap in response to an emailed inquiry. “As I’ve stated before, we are many months away from the re-launch, and we are going to continue to say absolutely nothing about the product until we are ready.”
Racially-charged tweets dating back as far as 2010 include Griffith commenting about the temperature a nail salon, writing, “This nail salon is so hot i might pass out. I hope the asian are as good...
“Nobody at our company, myself included, condoned or stood behind the tweets. Those tweets absolutely do not reflect the company’s values. That’s certainly not the direction Gawker will go,” Goldberg told TheWrap in response to an emailed inquiry. “As I’ve stated before, we are many months away from the re-launch, and we are going to continue to say absolutely nothing about the product until we are ready.”
Racially-charged tweets dating back as far as 2010 include Griffith commenting about the temperature a nail salon, writing, “This nail salon is so hot i might pass out. I hope the asian are as good...
- 1/25/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Mic.com has begun quietly publishing again just weeks after the company laid off its entire editorial staff and sold itself off to Bustle Media for $5 million.
As of mid-January, the site had begun producing a steady stream of new material from two new writers, Lauren Rearick and Emma Sarran Webster. The posts are mostly innocuous service journalism like how to stick to a budget and tips before applying for a credit card.
The site has granted both writers fresh new author pages, though neither publicly identifies themselves as a Mic employee on their Twitter pages. Mic.com’s Facebook and Twitter accounts have also begun regularly sharing the new content.
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The writers — neither of whom are part of the Mic Union — did not immediately respond to requests for comment from TheWrap over the extent of their involvement with the site.
As of mid-January, the site had begun producing a steady stream of new material from two new writers, Lauren Rearick and Emma Sarran Webster. The posts are mostly innocuous service journalism like how to stick to a budget and tips before applying for a credit card.
The site has granted both writers fresh new author pages, though neither publicly identifies themselves as a Mic employee on their Twitter pages. Mic.com’s Facebook and Twitter accounts have also begun regularly sharing the new content.
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The writers — neither of whom are part of the Mic Union — did not immediately respond to requests for comment from TheWrap over the extent of their involvement with the site.
- 1/16/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
2018 was a tumultuous year. For many, even most, it was a grim period of layoffs, consolidations and paywalls. But for others, it was a time of triumphs.
Sean Hannity: The Fox News host would have appeared on TheWrap’s media winners list for hosting the #1 rated cable news show, but his unique personal relationship with President Trump who he is known to call regularly made him the only choice for the top spot.
Bryan Goldberg: In an otherwise ugly year for media, marred by layoffs and consolidations, the Bustle kingpin proved a standout success. His acquisitions of Gawker and Mic.com for bargain basement discounts suggests plans for a burgeoning digital empire.
Los Angeles Times: The iconic La broadsheet was well on its way to the losers column under the disastrous leadership of Tronc. The paper, however, was rescued by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for a half-billion dollars.
Sean Hannity: The Fox News host would have appeared on TheWrap’s media winners list for hosting the #1 rated cable news show, but his unique personal relationship with President Trump who he is known to call regularly made him the only choice for the top spot.
Bryan Goldberg: In an otherwise ugly year for media, marred by layoffs and consolidations, the Bustle kingpin proved a standout success. His acquisitions of Gawker and Mic.com for bargain basement discounts suggests plans for a burgeoning digital empire.
Los Angeles Times: The iconic La broadsheet was well on its way to the losers column under the disastrous leadership of Tronc. The paper, however, was rescued by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for a half-billion dollars.
- 12/28/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Updated to reflect deal terms, comment from Bustle. Digital publisher Mic Network Inc. has agreed to be acquired by female-focused publisher Bustle Digital Group for a reported $5 million.
Mic laid off much of its staff this week in preparation for the sale. Mic CEO Chris Altchek announced the layoffs Thursday, in an all-hands meeting.
The sale price, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, represents a significant discount on Mic’s valuation when it raised $60 million from investors — a group of backers that includes Lightspeed Venture Partners and Time Warner Investments.
A Bustle spokeswoman confirmed the acquisition to Deadline, but did not respond to requests for information about the sale price or layoffs. Bustle’s CEO, Bryan Goldberg, has been acquiring troubled digital assets — most recently picking up Gawker.com, the one-time flagship of Gawker Media, in a bankruptcy auction.
Mic has been struggling financially since Facebook canceled its deal for Mic Dispatch,...
Mic laid off much of its staff this week in preparation for the sale. Mic CEO Chris Altchek announced the layoffs Thursday, in an all-hands meeting.
The sale price, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, represents a significant discount on Mic’s valuation when it raised $60 million from investors — a group of backers that includes Lightspeed Venture Partners and Time Warner Investments.
A Bustle spokeswoman confirmed the acquisition to Deadline, but did not respond to requests for information about the sale price or layoffs. Bustle’s CEO, Bryan Goldberg, has been acquiring troubled digital assets — most recently picking up Gawker.com, the one-time flagship of Gawker Media, in a bankruptcy auction.
Mic has been struggling financially since Facebook canceled its deal for Mic Dispatch,...
- 11/30/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
Mic.com announced that it would be laying off the majority of its editorial staff amid a cash crunch and talks of a possible firesale to Bustle chief Bryan Goldberg, a company rep confirmed to TheWrap on Thursday.
The news was first revealed by company CEO and co-founder Chris Altchek in a staff meeting this morning. Among those leaving included the website’s publisher, Cory Haik, who also emailed the staff this morning to announce her departure.
“It is with great sadness that I write to you this morning to resign my position as Publisher,” she wrote. “Our business models are unsettled and the macro forces at play are all going through their own states of unrest.”
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One of those macro forces was an overreliance on traffic from Facebook, and the social network’s decision...
The news was first revealed by company CEO and co-founder Chris Altchek in a staff meeting this morning. Among those leaving included the website’s publisher, Cory Haik, who also emailed the staff this morning to announce her departure.
“It is with great sadness that I write to you this morning to resign my position as Publisher,” she wrote. “Our business models are unsettled and the macro forces at play are all going through their own states of unrest.”
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One of those macro forces was an overreliance on traffic from Facebook, and the social network’s decision...
- 11/29/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
As Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne, prepare to close their $190 million acquisition of Time Magazine, they joins an ever-expanding club of tech and other non-media billionaires who have decided to dabble in owning legacy media brands.
From Jeff Bezos at the Washington Post to Laurene Powell Jobs at The Atlantic to Patrick Soon-Shiong at the Los Angeles Times to Facebook veteran Chris Hughes at The New Republic, tech moguls have been trying their luck at one of America’s toughest businesses — with mixed success so far.
While some industry experts seem optimism for the new wave of investment in media outlets, others warned that billionaires who made their fortune outside of media may never be able to separate their personal interests from the coverage — or find a sustainable business model in a challenging industry despite their previous success.
“It depends on the billionaire,” Washington Post media...
From Jeff Bezos at the Washington Post to Laurene Powell Jobs at The Atlantic to Patrick Soon-Shiong at the Los Angeles Times to Facebook veteran Chris Hughes at The New Republic, tech moguls have been trying their luck at one of America’s toughest businesses — with mixed success so far.
While some industry experts seem optimism for the new wave of investment in media outlets, others warned that billionaires who made their fortune outside of media may never be able to separate their personal interests from the coverage — or find a sustainable business model in a challenging industry despite their previous success.
“It depends on the billionaire,” Washington Post media...
- 9/18/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Updated with comment from Bustle
Gawker is poised to make a comeback next year, according to published reports. The gossip site, which was sued into bankruptcy two years ago by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, was acquired by the founder of Bustle Digital Media, Bryan Goldberg.
In a memo obtained by Variety, Goldberg outlined his plans for bringing back the blog in the first half of 2019.
“We won’t recreate Gawker exactly as it was, but we will build upon Gawker’s legacy and triumphs — and learn from its missteps. In so doing, we aim to create something new, vibrant, highly relevant, and worth visiting daily,” Goldberg wrote in a memo to the Bustle Digital Media staff.
Goldberg said he hired Amanda Hale, the former chief revenue officer of The Outline, as Gawker’s new publisher. No word yet on editorial hires or what will become of Gawker’s archive...
Gawker is poised to make a comeback next year, according to published reports. The gossip site, which was sued into bankruptcy two years ago by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, was acquired by the founder of Bustle Digital Media, Bryan Goldberg.
In a memo obtained by Variety, Goldberg outlined his plans for bringing back the blog in the first half of 2019.
“We won’t recreate Gawker exactly as it was, but we will build upon Gawker’s legacy and triumphs — and learn from its missteps. In so doing, we aim to create something new, vibrant, highly relevant, and worth visiting daily,” Goldberg wrote in a memo to the Bustle Digital Media staff.
Goldberg said he hired Amanda Hale, the former chief revenue officer of The Outline, as Gawker’s new publisher. No word yet on editorial hires or what will become of Gawker’s archive...
- 9/11/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
Bryan Goldberg, the digital-media entrepreneur who owns Bustle Digital Group, has acquired the assets of Gawker.com, the media gossip blog that’s been dormant for two years, for $1.35 million in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court auction.
A Bustle spokeswoman confirmed that the successful bid for Gawker was by Bdg Gmgi Acquisition, a holding company owned and managed by Bryan Goldberg, separate from Bustle. The company declined to comment further.
The Gawker Media assets acquired by Goldberg include the Gawker.com domain name, social-media accounts and an archive of almost 200,000 articles.
It’s not clear what Goldberg plans to do with the remnants of Gawker. In a memo to Bustle staff obtained by CNN, Goldberg wrote, “You are probably wondering what happens next. The short answer is this — not much. We have no immediate plans to re-launch Gawker. For now, things will stay as they are.”
Gawker.com has been...
A Bustle spokeswoman confirmed that the successful bid for Gawker was by Bdg Gmgi Acquisition, a holding company owned and managed by Bryan Goldberg, separate from Bustle. The company declined to comment further.
The Gawker Media assets acquired by Goldberg include the Gawker.com domain name, social-media accounts and an archive of almost 200,000 articles.
It’s not clear what Goldberg plans to do with the remnants of Gawker. In a memo to Bustle staff obtained by CNN, Goldberg wrote, “You are probably wondering what happens next. The short answer is this — not much. We have no immediate plans to re-launch Gawker. For now, things will stay as they are.”
Gawker.com has been...
- 7/12/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Gawker.com, the once mighty flagship of Gawker Media, was sold Thursday to Bustle Media chief Bryan Goldberg in a bankruptcy court auction, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to TheWrap.
The auction was held behind closed doors at the New York offices of the firm Ropes & Gray. Reuters reported that Goldberg paid $1.35 million for the site. The opening bids began at $1.3 million. A rep for Goldberg did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Goldberg, a millennial media entrepreneur, is also the founder of Bleacher Report and has been mocked by the company he now owns. Reporter Hamilton Nolan — who publicly warned any future owner of Gawker to tread lightly — called Goldberg “not a smart man” and someone who “mocks himself far better than his critics ever could” back in 2013.
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One of the biggest early...
The auction was held behind closed doors at the New York offices of the firm Ropes & Gray. Reuters reported that Goldberg paid $1.35 million for the site. The opening bids began at $1.3 million. A rep for Goldberg did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Goldberg, a millennial media entrepreneur, is also the founder of Bleacher Report and has been mocked by the company he now owns. Reporter Hamilton Nolan — who publicly warned any future owner of Gawker to tread lightly — called Goldberg “not a smart man” and someone who “mocks himself far better than his critics ever could” back in 2013.
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One of the biggest early...
- 7/12/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
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