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Former employees have initiated a crowdfunding campaign to support Gawker, keep the sites/archive out of the evil clutches of Peter Thiel and "preserve its history." Speaking of never dying, serial entrepreneur Sophia Amoruso announced $3.1mm in seed funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners (big winners in Snapchat) for Girlboss Media.
The Gawker Media LLC bankruptcy is the gift that keeps on giving: the bankruptcy court granted a limited inquiry into the litigation financing agreement/arrangement between Trump-fave Peter Thiel and counsel to Hulk Hogan. Litigation finance is apparently a growing industry and is likely to be the subject of heightened judicial scrutiny in the future.