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Gawker Media published the video clip on the 4th of October 2012. The editor A.J. Daulerio posted the short video on Gawker.com showing professional wrestler Terry Bollea with his estranged wife.
Gawker Media was incorporated in Budapest, Hungary, in 2002. The company began its life in New York City's SoHo neighborhood operating out of Nick Denton's personal residence before moving to Nolita, Manhattan, in 2008.
Billionaire Peter Thiel paid $10 million in legal expenses to finance the lawsuit brought by Terry Bollea against Gawker Media. Thiel confirmed this payment in an interview with The New York Times in May 2016.
The jury awarded Hulk Hogan $115 million in compensatory damages and an additional $25 million in punitive damages on the 18th of March 2016. The total damages of $140 million included $10 million from Nick Denton personally.
Gawker Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on the 10th of June 2016. The filing occurred because the company could not afford to pay the $140 million judgment or the $50 million appeal bond.
Univision Communications paid $135 million at auction to acquire all of Gawker Media and its brands on the 16th of August 2016. This acquisition ended Gawker Media's fourteen years of operation as an independent company.