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After nearly fourteen years of operation, Gawker.com will be shutting down next week. The decision to close Gawker comes days after Univision successfully bid $135 million for Gawker Media’s six other websites, and three months after the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel revealed his clandestine legal campaign against the company.
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I think Gawker is the first major news site to shutdown because of a scandal.
Wow, $135 million is a lot of money for Gawker's six other sites which include Gizmodo, Lifehacker, iO9, Deadspin, Jalopnik, Kotaku, and Jezebel.
I personally feel that Univision could of created better websites related to gadgets, how to, geek nerd news, sports, cars, video games, and women lifestyle for a lot less than $135 million.
There are talented writers who are willing to work for less money because there are not a lot of good writing jobs these days because newspapers, magazines, and blogs are not hiring as many writers as the past.
Spending hundreds of millions of dollars to buy multiple blogs also seem risky. There are already many blogs which post the same type of content as Gizmodo, Lifehacker, iO9, Deadspin, Jalopnik, Kotaku, and Jezebel, and the competition for readers/members is getting tougher because of the large number of similar blogs, and up and coming new blogs which all post content which is about the same topics.
Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo, and other big companies are also posting news which is similar to Gizmodo, Lifehacker, iO9, Deadspin, Jalopnik, Kotaku, and Jezebel which can mean blogs would get less traffic.
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I think Gawker is the first major news site to shutdown because of a scandal.
Wow, $135 million is a lot of money for Gawker's six other sites which include Gizmodo, Lifehacker, iO9, Deadspin, Jalopnik, Kotaku, and Jezebel.
I personally feel that Univision could of created better websites related to gadgets, how to, geek nerd news, sports, cars, video games, and women lifestyle for a lot less than $135 million.
There are talented writers who are willing to work for less money because there are not a lot of good writing jobs these days because newspapers, magazines, and blogs are not hiring as many writers as the past.
Spending hundreds of millions of dollars to buy multiple blogs also seem risky. There are already many blogs which post the same type of content as Gizmodo, Lifehacker, iO9, Deadspin, Jalopnik, Kotaku, and Jezebel, and the competition for readers/members is getting tougher because of the large number of similar blogs, and up and coming new blogs which all post content which is about the same topics.
Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo, and other big companies are also posting news which is similar to Gizmodo, Lifehacker, iO9, Deadspin, Jalopnik, Kotaku, and Jezebel which can mean blogs would get less traffic.
