# Gawker to shut down next week **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192 "2016-08-18T17:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/1 "2016-08-18T17:46:38Z")
That’s pretty much it - they’re shutting down following the sale of properties to Univision to pay for the Hulk Hogan case. > **[Gawker](https://www.gawker.com)** > > Gawker. It's a website on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/2 "2016-08-18T17:57:02Z")
“And nothing of value was lost.” ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/3 "2016-08-18T18:05:48Z")
I’m surprised Univision didn’t sell it. Why didn’t Denton find some backers and buy it? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/4 "2016-08-18T18:34:17Z")
Most interesting thing I’ve learned from all this is that Univision owns The Onion. Gawker, in my experience, was garbage although I understand that a few of the properties I never visited were less trash such as the automotive site. So I hope those people can find new homes or a resurrected site. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/5 "2016-08-18T18:36:36Z")
I’ll miss Gizmodo and io9. I hope they find a home somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/6 "2016-08-18T18:37:44Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I’ll miss Gizmodo and io9. I hope they find a home somewhere else. Oh, they are fine. It’s [Gawker.com](http://Gawker.com) that is going under. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/7 "2016-08-18T18:38:41Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Oh, they are fine. It’s [Gawker.com](http://Gawker.com) that is going under. OK, cool. ---
**Author:** ![GunnarFranz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@GunnarFranz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GunnarFranz)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/8 "2016-08-18T18:39:19Z")
The fewer tabloid sites the better. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/9 "2016-08-18T18:41:07Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Most interesting thing I’ve learned from all this is that Univision owns The Onion. > > Gawker, in my experience, was garbage although I understand that a few of the properties I never visited were less trash such as the automotive site. So I hope those people can find new homes or a resurrected site. Jalopnik and Jezebel are the only Gawker Media properties that need to continue. Deadspin and Gizmodo should be put in a raft with a weeks supply of food and set adrift. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/10 "2016-08-18T18:41:11Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > I’m surprised Univision didn’t sell it. Why didn’t Denton find some backers and buy it? I’m sure the issue is exposure to liability. Far easier to shutdown a culture that just lost you a hundred forty million dollars than it is to change it. I’m positive the agreement has strong liability protection provisions for Univision in the event of future lawsuits. Essentially it is the combined value of the other six properties that are worth a hundred and thirty five million dollars not Gawker. Gawker is worth nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/11 "2016-08-18T19:01:31Z")
Why buy something just to shut it down? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/12 "2016-08-18T19:28:32Z")
They bought other media properties in the deal. Those were the ones with a hundred thirty million. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/13 "2016-08-18T19:32:43Z")
So, can I read other sites in the Gawker network without feeling dirty now? Lifehacker and io9 lost me years ago (low bar for content and spoilery headlines, respectively). But I did enjoy Gizmodo and Kotaku until I decided to boycott them entirely over Gawker’s behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/14 "2016-08-19T00:22:34Z")
Mechanically, The Bismarck was an amazing ship. I’m glad that it was sunk too. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/15 "2016-08-19T00:49:45Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Oh, they are fine. It’s [Gawker.com](http://Gawker.com) that is going under. Thank God. io9 is some quality stuff. The tabloid stuff I can live without. And it’s a crowded field, few will notice. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/16 "2016-08-19T01:31:08Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > Jalopnik and Jezebel are the only Gawker Media properties that need to continue. Deadspin and Gizmodo should be put in a raft with a weeks supply of food and set adrift. Jezebel? Really? I’ll take the worst that Deadspin has to offer before I ever go to Jezebel. You almost have to check your privilege before you read anything there. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/17 "2016-08-19T03:14:54Z")
Eh. I like Kotaku and Jezebel, and sometimes io9. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/18 "2016-08-19T07:54:50Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Jezebel? Really? > > I’ll take the worst that Deadspin has to offer before I ever go to Jezebel. You almost have to check your privilege before you read anything there. Listening to men complain about Jezebel is usually amusing. As far as Gawker goes, I wish we could send worthless pieces of shit like Nick Denton back to the UK in the bilge of a freighter. I can’t understand why we let Britain ship so much of their garbage over here. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/19 "2016-08-19T08:34:38Z")
io9 is my second online home after the SDMB, so I’m very glad it’s staying. Though it is a shell of its former self with very few decent contributors anymore. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192/20 "2016-08-19T13:00:57Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I’ll miss Gizmodo and io9. I hope they find a home somewhere else. > [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Oh, they are fine. It’s [Gawker.com](http://Gawker.com) that is going under. Yay. Although it’s not what it was when Newitz and Anders helmed it, it’s still my third-favourite corner of the web (after here and Cracked) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-to-shut-down-next-week/763192.md?page=2)