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He sued in Florida and won a $140 million judgment. The people these days require some visual evidence in order to believe what they read.įOLKENFLIK: Denton says there was a gap between Hogan's all-American persona and his private behavior.

Gawker posted a brief video in which Hogan is shown having sex with the wife of his supposed best friend.ĭENTON: No picture, no footage, no story.

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Gawker posts a story about the former professional wrestler known as Hulk Hogan. The story as we knew it - or thought we knew it, went like this. Together, they generate about 4 million online visitors each weekday. On such reporting, Denton has built out an empire of seven sites. I think, it's kind of ridiculous to do a story about Anderson Cooper and not mention this key fact about him, you know, which is as relevant as, you know, the fact that he has silver hair.įOLKENFLIK: Gawker also outed one of Cooper's earlier boyfriends, a man otherwise unknown to the public. Denton himself is openly gay.ĭENTON: I think, it's untenable to keep that as something, which is communicated only orally, amongst members of the elite or some community. Take CNN anchor Anderson Cooper whose sexual orientation, Denton says, was well known in New York media circles.

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NICK DENTON: We prided ourselves on creating a workplace, an environment, in which journalists can be free - free to write stories that are true and that are interesting, and with that kind of freedom comes a certain amount of risk.įOLKENFLIK: The private lives of public figures recur as a constant theme. Founder Nick Denton created Gawker 13 years ago, after a stint at the "Financial Times," and he based it on this conceit, telling the story behind the story. They also revealed how editors at Facebook pick trending news stories. Denton spoke with NPR's David Folkenflik.ĭAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: For those who don't know Gawker and its sister websites, they broke the story about the college football star who was fooled into believing in a fictional girlfriend. The other man at the center of the storm is Nick Denton, creator of Gawker. A Silicon Valley billionaire has made it his mission to put the digital media company Gawker out of business.