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Holiday, Ryan.
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Thiel, Peter A.
Hogan, Hulk, 1953-
Gawker Media.
Privacy, Right of.
Freedom of the press -- United States.
Mass media -- United States.
Conspiracy -- United States.
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Holiday, Ryan.
Thiel, Peter A.
Hogan, Hulk, 1953-
Gawker Media.
Privacy, Right of.
Freedom of the press -- United States.
Mass media -- United States.
Conspiracy -- United States.
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Conspiracy
:
Peter
Thiel
,
Hulk
Hogan
,
Gawker
, and the
anatomy
of
intrigue
/ Ryan Holiday.
by
Holiday, Ryan.
Portfolio/Penguin, 2018.
Call #:
364.256 H732v
Subjects
Thiel
,
Peter
A.
Hogan
,
Hulk
, 1953-
Gawker
Media.
Privacy, Right of.
Freedom of the press -- United States.
Mass media -- United States.
Conspiracy
-- United States.
ISBN:
9780735217645 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Peter
Thiel
,
Hulk
Hogan
,
Gawker
, and the
anatomy
of
intrigue
Description:
viii, 319 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-318).
Summary:
"In 2007, a short blog post on Valleywag, a
Gawker
Media blog with gossip and news about Silicon Valley personalities, outed PayPal founder and billionaire investor
Peter
Thiel
as gay.
Thiel
's sexuality had been known to close friends and family, but he didn't consider himself a public figure, and believed the information was private. For years,
Thiel
searched for a solution to what he'd come to call the '
Gawker
Problem.' When an unmarked envelope delivered an illegally recorded sex tape of
Hulk
Hogan
with his best friend's wife,
Gawker
had seen the chance for millions of page views and to say the things that others were afraid to say.
Thiel
saw their publication of the tape as the opportunity he was looking for. He would come to pit
Hogan
against
Gawker
in a multi-year proxy war through the Florida legal system, while
Gawker
remained confidently convinced they would prevail as they had over so many other lawsuits, until it was too late. The verdict would stun the world and so would
Peter
's ultimate unmasking as the man who had set it all in motion"--Provided by publisher.
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