"Peter Thiel, the technology billionaire, submitted a bid this week to purchase Gawker.com, the remaining unsold property from the Gawker Media gossip empire that was nearly destroyed in 2016 by a lawsuit largely bankrolled by Mr. Thiel." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/business/media/thiel-gawker-bid.html [nytimes.com]