Category Archives: Gawker Media

Out in the wild: how Ken Layne created an alternative to clickbait in the desert

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The Desert Oracle, the former Wonkette owner’s pocket-sized magazine, has proven a cult hit while refusing to establish an online presence

UFOs, doomed hikers, William Burroughs, singing sand dunes, Elvis, ghosts, roadrunners and rattlesnakes – the Desert Oracle packs a lot of weird, dark matter between its bright yellow covers.

The pocket-sized magazine, which looks like a cross between a guide book and a punk zine, explores the stranger side of desert life. Created in the arid beauty of Joshua Tree in California, it has proven a cult hit devoured by readers from Los Angeles to London.

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Hulk Hogan’s lawyer in Gawker case is helping Melania Trump sue Daily Mail over escort story

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In a Maryland Circuit Court today, Melania Trump filed a complaint against the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid over the August 19 article "Naked photoshoots, and troubling questions about visas that won't go away: The VERY racy past of Donald Trump's Slovenian wife." Politico first broke news on August 22 that Melania was considering taking legal action over the implication she was a sex worker who scammed her way into the country.

Honours system ‘is a bargain for the taxpayer’…claims Sir Desmond Swayne

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'Anna was the first girl I ever kissed.' College student told police he killed his ex and two others at Washington house party because he was jealous after seeing his 'dream girl' with another guy Pest-control giant Terminix pays out $87m to family left paralyzed by fumes that exterminators sprayed in their luxury Caribbean vacation condo Gawker Media founder Nick Denton files for personal bankruptcy listing debts of over $280million in wake of Hulk Hogan lawsuit Wikileaks chief says he has 'quite a lot of material' from Hillary's campaign and will release it in stages for maximum publicity Why MEAT is as bad for your waistline as sugar: Protein is fuelling the obesity crisis and 'should come with a warning label' Zika crisis in Florida: Officials report ten locally transmitted cases and say mosquitoes 'have now infected 14 people' in Miami The story of Humayun Khan: The UVA-educated ... (more)