Hey, Gawker.com, Peter Thiel isn’t finished with you yet! The openly gay Silicon Valley billionaire/BFF to Donald Trump apparently still has an axe to grind with the now defunct media company he spent nearly a decade trying to destroy.
Just to recap: Gawker was forced to shut down last year after Thiel spent over $10 million to sue the company out of existence for outing him back in 2007. Even though the site is no longer producing new content, its 13-year body of work remains on the Internet.
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Gawker.com and its published stories were left behind as assets for future liquidation. That leaves the possibility that someone will buy the site’s archive, delete it and use copyright law to force the removal of any remaining copies online.
Well, guess who wants to buy the site’s archives?
This guy!
Last month, 50-year-old Thiel filed papers with the bankruptcy court complaining that the Gawker estate has “wrongly excluded” him from participating in the bidding process for the archives. And that’s totally not fair because he is obviously “the most able and logical purchaser,” court documents read.
At the same time, a group of former Gawker Media employees have launched a Kickstarter campaign in hopes of raising funds to bid on the archives so they can keep it away from “the person who drove the site into bankruptcy.” They hope to raise $500,000.
It’s unclear why Thiel is so interested in buying Gawker, a site he once lovingly referred to as “a singularly sociopathic bully.” Perhaps he has some sort of grand editorial strategy? Perhaps he wants to remove certain content? He hasn’t told anyone. Meanwhile, that 2007 story that outed him as gay remains online… for now.
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Rex Huskey
“Apparently, that 2007 Gawker article outing Peter Thiel still keeps him up at night”
“It’s unclear why Thiel is so interested in buying Gawker, a site he once lovingly referred to as “a singularly sociopathic bully.” Perhaps he has some sort of grand editorial strategy? Perhaps he wants to remove certain content? He hasn’t told anyone. Meanwhile, that 2007 story that outed him as gay remains online… for now.”
huh?
daddybear
Legendary Silicon Valley financier and co-founder of PayPal Peter Thiel took the stage at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and stated: “I am proud to be gay.”
Rex Huskey
daddy, I am aware of the man and his foolishness. My comment was on Gremore’s confused and contradictory “reporting”…
1EqualityUSA
Even spiteful, egotistical, closeted yassholes should not be outed. This rampager is a nut case, as is the idiot he supported for president. What a piece of work. If I never saw either of their faces ever again it would be too soon. Go away. Become a recluse. Grow your nails long and worry about germs. Find an island and experiment on yourself; The Island of Dr. Morose. blah.
DCguy
He used his money to support candidates that attack lgbts. Yes, he asolutly should be outed if he is harming lgbts.
RoughRugger
“Even spiteful, egotistical, closeted yassholes should not be outed…provided they’re not working & donating to support & elect bigots who will undermine LGBTQ rights.”
FIFY…
1EqualityUSA
Thanks for the fix!
DCguy
In other words, he was a self hating closet case, and now he is a self hating wannabee closet case cozying up to politicians who want to harm lgbts in hopes that he can be part of the club.
1EqualityUSA
Why? What did his parents do to him? And he wants to live forever.
Rex Huskey
you’re a fool
Rocinante
He’s more than a self hating gay. He supports and participates in white supremacy issues from what I have read. He’s like Ernst Rohn, the gay head of Hitlers Brown Shirts.
Brian S
Gawker was blight on the internet, and I hope its remnants are removed.
1EqualityUSA
Censorship is so fear-based.
Danny595
How cool would it be if Thiel went after Queerty? Took it down, fired all the low-talent hack writers and replaced it with a site that actually helped LGB people.
1EqualityUSA
Then pleasant, upbeat comments such as this may disappear.
BigWill
Someone’s holding a shotgun to your head, forcing you to read QueerTy? There are many other gay news and pop culture sites if this one’s not for you, really, there are. You should look around.
DCguy
What a shock, one of Mo Bros screenames wants a supporter of bigotry to attack an lgbt site.
KaiserVonScheiss
Gawker was a gossip rag. Putting people’s personal lives on the internet for all the world to see has no journalistic merit.
I’m glad Gawker is dead. Good riddance.
I have no idea about the legal merits of Thiel’s current case, nor do I really care. But stop pretending that Gawker had any journalistic integrity or merit. It didn’t.
inbama
Actually, outing an anti-gay billionaire serves a journalistic service.
KaiserVonScheiss
@inbama
No, no, it doesn’t.
Brody
“Apparently, that 2007 Gawker article outing Peter Thiel still keeps him up at night”
Yeah, but not nearly as much Donald Trump and his entire family keep Queerty writers awake at night, plotting how they can destroy him with glitter bombs and snarky non-sequiturs.
Rex Huskey
listen brody, its really simple, DT is bad news needs no help with distraction. sometimes your wit is quick and cute…. but re DT and defending him, give it up!
SiamSam
I love you, Brody. The Trump Derangement Syndrome here is off the charts.
IWantAFullBeard
dude just got married to a man – stop letting your childhood insecurities breakout into the public arena.
DCguy
It’s funny how all of the anti-lgbt troll screenames all agree that Thiel should be protected and media should be taken down for exposing him.
So in other words, they’re still supporting the closet.