[crazypyro]

And seemingly created an enemy so powerful he destroyed their entire business.

[nullc]

Gawker was extremely and unrepentantly unethical. They destroyed themselves.

[simula67]

Gawker destroyed themselves

[philipov]

That's the joke. Sarcasm doesn't work well on the Internet.

[EGreg]

How did he do it

[crazypyro]

If you are seriously interested, Peter Thiel funded Hulk Hogan's lawsuit surrounding his sex tape and the resulting judgement forced Gawker to declare bankruptcy and end up selling for basically nothing.