Billionaire says he helped finance Hulk Hogan suit against Gawker

An article in The Wall Street Journal about a Silicon Valley billionaire who acknowledged Wednesday that he helped finance Hulk Hogan’s legal fight against Gawker Media, in what amounts to an extraordinary campaign to take down a media organization, quotes Samantha Barbas, associate professor of law. “I think media organizations are going to be thinking twice before publishing anything sexual or sensational about a celebrity,” she said.

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