Peter Thiel vs. Gawker

Newseum Items:

Chronology of Events:

Commentary & Analysis:

Peter Thiel, Tech Billionaire, Reveals Secret War With Gawker (May 25, 2016 – The New York Times)
Peter Thiel, Gawker, and the risks of making the courthouse a private sandbox for the wealthy (May 25, 2016 – Los Angeles Times)
How Peter Thiel’s Gawker Battle Could Open a War Against the Press (May 31, 2016 – The New Yorker)
Jeff Bezos sides with Gawker in its battle with Peter Thiel (June 1, 2016 – Politico)
Go ahead and hate Gawker, but don’t cheer its downfall (June 14, 2016 – Los Angeles Times)
Peter Thiel justifies suit bankrupting Gawker, claiming to defend journalism (August 15, 2016 – The Guardian)
Peter Thiel just got his wish: Gawker is shutting down (August 18, 2016 – Gawker)
Did I Kill Gawker? (August 19, 2016 – New York Magazine)
Gawker Was Murdered by Gaslight (August 22, 2016 – Gawker)
Peter Thiel: The Online Privacy Debate Won’t End With Gawker (August 25, 2016 – The New York Times)
Gawker has gone. We can’t just look the other way (August 28, 2016 – The Guardian)
Nick Denton, Peter Thiel, and the plot to murder Gawker (November 6, 2016 – Vanity Fair)

Background:

Everything You Need To Know About Hulk Hogan vs Gawker (July 1, 2015 – Motherboard)
An Open Letter to Peter Thiel (May 25, 2016 – Gawker)
This Is Why Billionaire Peter Thiel Wants to End Gawker (May 25, 2016 – Gawker)
Peter Thiel, Gawker and why all of this could matter during a Trump presidency (May 25, 2016, The Washington Post)
Gawker Didn’t ‘Out’ Peter Thiel — Nor Did It Wrong Him in Any Way (May 26, 2016 – Huffington Post)
Peter Thiel’s funding of Hulk Hogan-Gawker litigation should not raise concerns (May 26, 2016, The Washington Post)
Why Peter Thiel Wants to Topple Gawker and Elect Donald Trump (June 14, 2016 – New York Magazine)
Thiel, Trump, and the billionaires’ attack on the Fourth Estate (June 15, 2016 – Mother Jones)
Peter Thiel, Trump’s Silicon Valley Surrogate (July 21, 2016 – The Atlantic)

Aftermath:

With the Gawker Sale, What’s Next for the First Amendment? (August 19, 2016 – Pacific Standard)
What litigation finance is really about (September 1, 2016 – The New Yorker)
What’s Missing From Mark Zuckerberg’s Memo on Peter Thiel (October 20, 2016 – The Atlantic)
Facebook won’t dump billionaire Peter Thiel from its board because it cares about ‘diversity’ (October 21, 2016 – Los Angeles Times)
Gawker and Hulk Hogan Reach $31 Million Settlement (November 2, 2016 – The New York Times)