Gawker.com will be shut down next week

Gawker.com, one of the oldest and highest-profile media and culture blogs, is shutting down next week. The closure of Gawker Media’s flagship blog follows Univision’s acquisition of the company for $135 million at a bankruptcy auction earlier this week.
Nick Denton, Gawker Media’s outgoing CEO, informed staffers of the news Thursday afternoon in New York according to a public post on Gawker’s website. A bankruptcy court will decide whether to approve the Univision acquisi