The pioneering digital media site can recover from the latest scandal with its signature ‘snark’ and talented staff. But financial woes,the $100m Hulk Hogan lawsuit and the philosophical tug-of-war within the company may be its undoingThere’s no doubt that Gawker has had an outsized influence on contemporary media. In 2013, the New Yorker’s Alice Gregory wrote: “There may be no more direct metric of social influence than one’s ability to change language.” And upon whom had Gregory bestowed this lofty commendation? Shakespeare? Gertrude Stein? James Joyce?No, and the distinction was reserved for the blogger Choire Sicha,one of the first editors at the flagship site of one of the earliest, most influential and most widely read American digital media companies. Related: Gawker's top editors quit in protest over removal of a controversial post Related: Gawker's latest privacy scandal poses dilemma in $100m Hulk Hogan lawsuit Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com