A group of former Gawker employees launched a Kickstarter to buy back Gawker.com

Former Gawker employees have launched a Kickstarter to buy Gawker.com. Gawker.com ceased publication in 2016 and was not included in the sale to Univision. Gawker founder Nick Denton is not involved. A group of former Gawker employees launched a Kickstarter on Monday to buy back the domain name and archives of the pioneering blog, which ceased publishing in 2016. The non-profit project is looking to not only keep the site's archive of blog posts alive, but also aims to re-launch the site. "We're...