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Gawker up for sale after Hulk Hogan suit

Season 2016 Episode 1630 | 4m 19s

Three months after Gawker Media lost an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit brought by former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, the website is offering itself up for sale. Edmund Lee, managing editor of the new site "Recode," which specializes in covering the tech industry, joins NewHour’s Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

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