▁Inc . ▁and ▁G aw ker ▁Media , ▁Inc .) ▁was ▁an ▁online ▁media ▁company ▁and ▁blog ▁network . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Nick ▁D ent on ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁as ▁B log wire , ▁and ▁is ▁based ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁In cor por ated ▁in ▁the ▁C ay man ▁Islands , ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁G aw ker ▁Media ▁was ▁the ▁parent ▁company ▁for ▁seven ▁different ▁web logs ▁and ▁many ▁subs ites ▁under ▁them : ▁G aw ker . com , ▁Dead sp in , ▁Life h acker , ▁G iz mod o , ▁Kot aku , ▁J al op nik , ▁and ▁Je z eb el . ▁All ▁G aw ker ▁articles ▁are ▁lic ensed ▁on ▁a ▁Creative ▁Commons ▁att ribution - non com mer cial ▁license . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁company ▁renamed ▁from ▁B log wire , ▁Inc . ▁to ▁G aw ker ▁Media , ▁Inc ., ▁and ▁to ▁G aw ker ▁Media ▁L LC ▁shortly ▁after . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁company ▁file d ▁for ▁Chapter ▁ 1 1 ▁bank rupt cy ▁protection ▁as ▁a ▁direct ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁mon et ary ▁jud g ement ▁against ▁the ▁company ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁H ulk ▁Hog an ▁sex ▁t ape ▁law suit . ▁On ▁August ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁G aw ker ▁Media ▁br ands , ▁assets ▁except ▁for ▁G aw