Gawker's Legacy 10 Years After Collapse Due to Peter Thiel Lawsuit

At Gawker, They Battled a Billionaire. 10 Years Later, the Scars Are Still Healing

Their weaponized wit made enemies, minted stars and helped define the internet as we know it. A decade after Peter Thiel engineered the site’s spectacular collapse, Nick Denton’s diaspora is still shaping media — and haunted by what happened.

By Lexy Perez