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Stein, Joshua. “Danyelle Freeman Sucks: The Marrow Out Of Life, In General.” Gawker, November 20, 2007, http://gawker.com/324827/danyelle-freeman-sucks-the-marrow-out-of-life-in-general.
———. “Elijah Pollack Is Going to Be a Horror.” Gawker, September 27, 2007, http://gawker.com/304568/elijah-pollack-is-going-to-be-a-horror.
Stein, Joshua David. “Which NYC Food Critic Is an Idiot? (Hint: Danyelle Freeman!).” Gawker, January 15, 2008, http://gawker.com/5002264/which-nyc-food-critic-is-an-idiot-hint-danyelle-freeman.
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———. “Peter Thiel Is Totally Gay, People.” Gawker, December 19, 2007, http://gawker.com/335894/peter-thiel-is-totally-gay-people.
———. “Peter Thiel to Move His Hedge Fund to New York.” Gawker, January 16, 2008, http://gawker.com/345811%2Fpeter-thiel-to-move-his-hedge-fund-to-new-york.
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Chapter 2: Deciding to Act
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———. “Peter Thiel to Move His Hedge Fund to New York.” Gawker, January 16, 2008, http://gawker.com/345811%2Fpeter-thiel-to-move-his-hedge-fund-to-new-york.
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Chapter 3: Turning to Conspiracy
Benner, Erica. Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli in His World. W. W. Norton, 2017.
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Chapter 4: Assembling the Team
Brown, Mick. “Peter Thiel: The Billionaire Tech Entrepreneur on a Mission to Cheat Death.” Telegraph, September 19, 2014, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/11098971/Peter-Thiel-the-billionaire-on-a-mission-to-cheat-death.html.
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Stevens, Laura Roe. “Spurned New Hires Have Their Say.” New York Times, July 31, 2001, http://nytimes.com/2001/08/01/jobs/spurned-new-hires-have-their-say.html.
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Chapter 5: Finding the Back Door
Baker, Jesse. “Gawker Wants to Offer More than Snark, Gossip.” NPR, January 3, 2011, http://npr.org/2011/01/03/132613645/Gawker-Wants-To-Offer-More-Than-Snark-Vicious-Gossip.
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Denton, Nick. “To quote the great Marty Singer—Eric Dane’s lawyer—if you don’t want a sex tape on the internet, ‘don’t make one!’” Twitter, September 23, 2009, http://twitter.com/nicknotned/status/4325607614.
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Goodwin, Liz. “Silicon Valley Billionaire Funding Creation of Artificial Libertarian Islands.” Yahoo! News, August 16, 2011, http://yahoo.com/news/blogs/lookout/silicon-valley-billionaire-funding-creation-artificial-libertarian-islands-140840896.html.
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Juzwiak, Rich. “On Outing, Not Outing, and Working for Gawker.” July 21, 2015, http://richjuz.kinja.com/on-outing-not-outing-and-working-for-gawker-1719014904.
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Marsh, Julia. “Gawker’s Internal Emails Show Callous Response to ‘Rape’ Victim.” New York Post, March 11, 2016, http://nypost.com/2016/03/11/blah-blah-blah-gawker-editor-blew-off-woman-who-begged-him-to-remove-possible-rape-video.
Moylan, Brian. “Anderson Cooper Is a Giant Homosexual and Everyone Knows It.” Gawker, October 29, 2009, http://gawker.com/5392766/anderson-cooper-is-a-giant-homosexual-and-everyone-knows-it.
———. “10 People Who Need to Finally Come Out of the Closet.” Gawker, March 29, 2010, http://gawker.com/5504885/10-people-who-need-to-finally-come-out-of-the-closet.
O’Connor, Maureen. “Christina Hendricks Says These Giant Naked Boobs Aren’t Hers, but Everything Else Is.” Gawker, March 5, 2012, http://gawker.com/5890527/christina-hendricks-says-these-giant-naked-boobs-arent-hers-but-everything-else-is.
Serpe, Gina. “McSteamy Sex Tape Goes Offline . . . Forever.” E! News, August 4, 2010, http://eonline.com/ca/news/193659/mcsteamy-sex-tape-goes-offline-forever.
Chapter 6: Tear Out Your Heart
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Dumas, Alexandre. The Count of Monte Cristo. Penguin, 2006.
Jackson, Eric M. The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth. WND Books, 2012.
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Chapter 7: Seizing the Sword
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Chong, Celena. “Nick Denton Is Confident Gawker Will Win Its $100 Million Lawsuit over Hulk Hogan’s Sex Tape.” Business Insider, June 17, 2015, http://businessinsider.com/nick-denton-confident-gawker-will-win-hulk-hogan-sex-tape-lawsuit-2015-6.
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Gawker. “Hulk Hogan’s Sex Tape Is the Heavyweight Champion . . .” Facebook, October 4, 2012, http://facebook.com/Gawker/posts/431273250268865.
———. “It’s Probably Time You Watched This Snippet from . . .” Facebook, October 4, 2012, http://facebook.com/Gawker/posts/454145771295146.
Harder, Charles. Transcribed from press conference on Monday, October 15, 2012, at the United States Courthouse in Tampa, Fla.
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———. “Now my actions will speak louder than my words. HH.” Twitter, October 15, 2012, http://twitter.com/hulkhogan/status/257870787346853889.
“Hulk Hogan Betrayed by Best Friend: ‘I’m Sick to My Stomach’.” TMZ, October 9, 2012, http://tmz.com/2012/10/09/hulk-hogan-tmz-live-sex-tape-bubba-the-love-sponge.
“Hulk Hogan: I Have NO IDEA Who My Sex Tape Partner Is.” TMZ, March 7, 2012, http://tmz.com/2012/03/07/hulk-hogan-sex-tape-partner-tmz-live.
“Hulk Hogan: I’m the VICTIM in a Sex Tape Setup.” TMZ, March 7, 2012, http://tmz.com/2012/03/07/hulk-hogan-i-had-no-idea-sex-was-being-filmed.
“HULK HOGAN Sex Tape Being Shopped.” TMZ, March 7, 2012, http://tmz.com/2012/03/07/hulk-hogan-sex-tape.
Johnson, Mike. “Complete Details on Hulk Hogan’s $100 Million Lawsuit Against Gawker Media and Others, Why Gawker Didn’t Pull the Sex Tape Footage and Much More.” PWInsider, October 19, 2012, http://pwinsider.com/article/72757/complete-details-on-hulk-hogans-100-million-lawsuit-against-gawker-media-and-others-why-gawker-didnt-pull-the-sex-tape-footage-and-much-more.html.
Juzwiak, Rich. “I’m Not Straight, But My Boyfriend Is.” Gawker, February 14, 2013, http://gawker.com/5983927/im-not-straight-but-my-boyfriend-is.
Machiavelli, Niccolò. The Portable Machiavelli. Translated by Peter Bondanella, Penguin, 2005.
Marshall, Matt. “Why Valleywag’s Nick Douglas Got Fired: He Wanted Lawsuit.” VentureBeat, November 15, 2006, http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/15/why-valleywags-nick-douglas-got-fired-he-wanted-lawsuit.
Moore, Tracy. “Trans Woman Commits Suicide amid Fear of Outing by Sports Blog.” Jezebel, January 18, 2014, http://jezebel.com/trans-woman-commits-suicide-amid-fear-of-outing-by-spor-1503902916.
Munzenrieder, Kyle. “Bubba the Love Sponge: ‘F*ck Haiti.’” Miami New Times, January 20, 2010, http://miaminewtimes.com/news/bubba-the-love-sponge-f-ck-haiti-6561737.
O’Connor, Maureen. “Christina Hendricks Says These Giant Naked Boobs Aren’t Hers, but Everything Else Is.” Gawker, March 5, 2012, http://gawker.com/5890527/christina-hendricks-says-these-giant-naked-boobs-arent-hers-but-everything-else-is.
———. “Olivia Munn’s Super Dirty Alleged Naked Pics: ‘Lick My Tight Asshole and Choke Me’.” Gawker, March 5, 2012, http://gawker.com/5890506/olivia-munns-super-dirty-alleged-naked-pics-lick-my-tight-asshole-and-choke-me.
Read, Max. “Ladies: 8,000 Creeps on Reddit Are Sharing the Nude Photos You Posted to Photobucket.” Gawker, August 8, 2012, http://gawker.com/5932702/ladies-8000-creeps-on-reddit-are-sharing-the-nude-photos-you-posted-to-photobucket.
Romanesko, Jim. “Gawker’s Nick Denton: We Hire People Who Detest Bullshit.” JimRomanesko (blog), October 15, 2012, http://jimromenesko.com/2012/10/15/gawkers-nick-denton-we-hire-people-who-detest-bullshit.
Sherman, Gabriel. “Gawker Ex-Editor A.J. Daulerio: The Worldwide Leader in Sextapes.” GQ, January 19, 2011, http://gq.com/story/aj-daulerio-deadspin-brett-favre-story.
Trotter, J. K. “This Is Why Billionaire Peter Thiel Wants to End Gawker.” Gawker, May 26, 2016, http://gawker.com/this-is-why-billionaire-peter-thiel-wants-to-end-gawker-1778734026.
PART II: THE DOING
Chapter 8: Prepare for Setbacks
Bazilian, Emma. “In Experiment, Gawker Goes ‘Traffic Whoring’.” Adweek, January 31, 2012, http://adweek.com/digital/experiment-gawker-goes-traffic-whoring-137801.
Benner, Erica. Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli in His World. W. W. Norton, 2017.
Biddle, Sam. “Tech Bros’ Google-Sponsored Trip to India Turns into Naked Beach Romp [UPDATE].” Gawker, February 18, 2013, http://gawker.com/5985094%2Ftech-bros-google-sponsored-trip-to-india-turns-into-naked-beach-romp.
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Cook, John. “A Judge Told Us to Take Down Our Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Post. We Won’t.” Gawker, April 25, 2013, http://gawker.com/a-judge-told-us-to-take-down-our-hulk-hogan-sex-tape-po-481328088.
Dodero, Camille. “Many People Asked This Hulk Hogan Cosplayer About His Sex Tape This Weekend.” Gawker, October 15, 2012, http://gawker.com/5951695/many-people-asked-this-hulk-hogan-cosplayer-about-his-sex-tape-this-weekend.
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