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Gawker was not a major corp at all, it was a tiny publication. I don't think they thought they would beat him via bankrupting him at all. Thiel approached a to

Gawker was not a major corp at all, it was a tiny publication. I don't think they thought they would beat him via bankrupting him at all. Thiel approached a ton of people who Gawker wrote about, and volunteered to fund suits until he found a winner. Thiel was not the rich hero, he was trying to a chip in the armor for a long time to seek revenge on a petty grudge.

telotortium 5y ago
> Gawker was not a major corp at all, it was a tiny publication. Lol, in 2014 Gawker had $45m in revenue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawker_Media#cite_note-BI-18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawker_Media#cite_note-BI-18), and it had hundreds of employees. Sure, it wasn't quite the NYT, but it wasn't a newsletter or a local paper by any means.