Gawker.com is a blog-style website that covers a range of topics from news and politics to entertainment and lifestyle. Founded in 2002, the website has become an influential source of news, providing coverage of major stories and events around the world. Gawker is best known for its investigative journalism, celebrity gossip, and irreverent humor. With a mix of original reporting and commentary, the website offers an alternative take on current events and popular culture. Gawker has also become a platform for citizen reporting, enabling readers to share their own stories and connect with others around the world.

Opponents of the feature, notably Jimmy Kimmel, said the feature endangered the safety of celebrities by publishing their whereabouts. The map was eventually taken down.foxnews.comIn 2006, Gawker combined its "Gawker Stalker" celebrity sightings section with a Google map of New York that was updated in real time.

Photograph: Tim Knox/Tim Knox (commissioned) Nick Denton, editor of Gawker in New York. Photograph: Tim Knox/Tim Knox (commissioned) The company had two freelance bloggers who were paid $12 per post.theguardian.comOver time Gawker – and a host of other plucky blogs – helped revolutionize US publishing. It added to its stable with sports (Deadspin), tech (Gizmodo) and gaming (Kotaku) sites.

“Editorial traffic was lifted, but often by viral stories that we would rather mock,” he wrote.nytimes.comIn excess of 4,000 words, it made the case that in its zeal for growth, Gawker had lost sight of its mission to put truths on the Internet.