The owner of the Valleywag and Gawker web pages was British Nick Denton.ĭenton had a good background in technology, but his main concern was private mysteries and scandals. Valleywag was originally founded to be a web page for technology news but learned its editorial features from Gawker media, known as its affiliate gossip website. Now let’s come to the web page that posted this blog entry. Indeed, Thiel was incredibly sensitive when it was about personal life. With the knowledge of family, friends, and colleagues, Thiel’s sexual preferences in 2007 were a mystery around Silicon Valley that was not openly spoken and kept.
Thiel, who achieved significant success by establishing PayPal, the online payment system, was famous as the first entrepreneur to invest in Facebook. In 2007, Peter Thiel had already been a major investor who added wealth to his fortune. Let’s talk a little bit about investor Peter Thiel. To find out why this entry was a major event that started all these events, we need to know more about Peter Thiel, the targeted investor, and the gossip-spreading Gawker site. This entry, written with only 400 characters, was the beginning of a secret plan that had the expense of millions of USD and will last for years. This little spark was an entry posted on a website full of gossip in 2007, claiming that Peter Thiel, a technology funder, is gay. We will also see if Thiel supported the case that former wrestler Hogan filed against Gawker and how the Gawker media outlet found itself in a corner.Ĭhapter 1 – Peter Thiel felt in 2007 that the Gawker site was interfering with his private life.Īs quoted by the Roman politician Cicero, “The starting of anything is minor” So, what happened in the background of this incident was a conspiracy.
We will find out what is the source of this grudge against Gawker by investor Thiel and how he finally managed to destroy this powerful site with secret plans. In this summary, you will understand how Peter Thiel, the billionaire technology shareholder, has astonished the entire media community by secretly plotting to bankrupt Gawker Media. You may be aware of all the information up to now, but what was beyond the visible? How do you think a powerful and terrifying broadcast media of the US could not see such a disaster that led itself to bankruptcy? Hogan won his lawsuit against Gawker, and the site Gawker went bankrupt. In 2016, according to reports, you may have come across the news that former wrestler Hulk Hogan sued Gawker, which is well known as the gossip website.
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