Definitions for Gawker
gawk·er

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1. gawkernoun

   a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness

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1. gawkernoun

   Someone who gawks, someone who stares stupidly

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1. Gawker

   Gawker is an American blog founded by Nick Denton and Elizabeth Spiers and based in New York City focusing on celebrities and the media industry. According to SimilarWeb, the site had over 23 million visits per month as of 2015. Founded in 2002, Gawker was the flagship blog for Denton's Gawker Media. Gawker Media also managed other blogs such as Jezebel, io9, Deadspin and Kotaku. Gawker came under scrutiny for posting videos, communications and other content that violated copyrights or the privacy of its owners, or was illegally obtained. Gawker's publication of a sex tape featuring Hulk Hogan led Hogan to sue the company for invasion of privacy. Hogan received financial support from billionaire investor Peter Thiel, who had been outed by Gawker against his wishes. On June 10, 2016, Gawker filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay Hogan $140 million in damages. On August 18, 2016, Gawker Media announced that its namesake blog would be ceasing operations the following week. Its other websites were unaffected, and continued to be run by Univision. Founder Nick Denton created the site's final post on August 22, 2016.On July 12, 2018, Bryan Goldberg, owner of Bustle and Elite Daily, purchased Gawker.com in a bankruptcy auction for less than $1.5 million. Gawker relaunched under the Bustle Digital Group on July 28, 2021, with Leah Finnegan as editor.

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1. gawker

   A gawker is a person who stares openly and rudely at someone or something, typically demonstrating a naive or unsophisticated interest or curiosity. This term is often used to describe an onlooker or observer who is captivated or mesmerized by something unusual, shocking, or impressive.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Gawker in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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   The numerical value of Gawker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Gawker in a Sentence

1. Lynda Sheridan:

   Terrill's damages will be based on the breadth of her reputation and the value of that reputation in her industry, the potential damages to Terrill will be in accordance with the extent of her career and reputation as a journalist and the extent of the audience Gawker has disseminated the information to.

2. Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel:

   It’s less about revenge and more about specific deterrence, i saw Gawker pioneer a unique and incredibly damaging way of getting attention by bullying people even when there was no connection with the public interest.

3. Jen Psaki:

   In response to our request, Hillary Clinton provided State Department with emails spanning Hillary Clinton time at State Department, after State Department reviewed those emails, we produced about 300 emails responsive to recent requests from the Select Committee. The New York Times also reported that Clinton's personal email account was discovered by Gowdy's House committee when State -- through Hillary Clinton -- provided those emails to the committee. However, Gawker reported in 2013, based on emails obtained by a Romanian hacker named.

4. Steven Hirsch:

   The Gawker case has no effect on celeb sex tapes. The Gawker case was a media outlet publishing a clip under the heading of news, the Gawker case has always been the case that ultimately the celebs have to sign off prior to release. The idea is to create a scenario where it makes sense for everybody involved whether financially or for publicity to allow the release. That will never change.

5. Dan Gainor:

   Any time top editors quit, other employees job hunt.Especially given their concerns over Gawker’s commitment to what it claims is journalism, but I certainly hope they all quit. The world would be a better place.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Gawker
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gawker
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawker
4. ^ ChatGPT
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