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Penguin\u2019s business-focused imprint Portfolio<\/a> plans to publish a book recounting the legal dispute between Gawker Media and wrestler Hulk Hogan (whose real name is Terry Bolea).<\/p>\n The case, in which Hogan sued Gawker for publishing a sex tape involving him and the wife of his then-best friend, could often seem farcical \u2014 part of Hogan\/Bolea\u2019s testimony involved the difference between Bolea\u2019s and Hogan\u2019s penis size<\/a>. At the same time, the lawsuit had real consequences, with Gawker ultimately declaring bankruptcy<\/a>, selling to Univision<\/a> and shutting down operations<\/a> on its flagship Gawker website.<\/p>\n The book will be written by\u00a0media columnist<\/a>\u00a0and author\u00a0Ryan Holiday<\/a>. His first book, Trust Me I\u2019m Lying<\/em> focused on his career doing publicity and marketing for American Apparel and Tucker Max, while more recent titles like Ego Is The Enemy<\/em> and The Daily Soic<\/em> examine how to apply the philosophy of stoicism to modern life and business.<\/p>\n So how did Holiday end up writing about Gawker and Hogan? He said PayPal founder\/venture capitalist Peter Thiel (he helped to fund Hogan\u2019s lawsuit<\/a>) and Gawker founder Nick Denton both sent him unsolicited emails at the end of last year.<\/p>\n Ultimately, Holiday said the book will be based on \u201cdozens of hours\u201d of interviews with Thiel, Denton, Hogan, AJ Daulerio (who published the Hogan footage on Gawker), Hogan\u2019s attorney Charles Harder and others, as well as on the time he\u2019s spent poring over 25,000 pages of legal filings.<\/p>\n While a number of journalists (including me<\/a>) have written about the troubling implications of a billionaire secretly funding a lawsuit against his enemies in the press, Holiday told me that it\u2019s a mistake to focus on \u201cwhether this should<\/em> have happened or not.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe question is how<\/em> did this happen?\u201d Holiday said. \u201cHow did a media company that purports to do investigative journalism miss a conspiracy aimed against it? How did a case that everyone was convinced wouldn\u2019t stand up in court, that was obviously protected by the First Amendment, last through multiple judges and ultimately make it all the way to a verdict? How did Thiel think he would not eventually be discovered and not anticipate the backlash?\u201d<\/p>\n The currently untitled book was acquired by Portfolio\u2019s Niki Papadopoulos for what the publisher said is a \u201csignificant\u201d sum. (We\u2019ve heard that the advance was $400,000.) It\u2019s scheduled for release this winter.<\/p>\n Featured Image: John Pendygraft\/Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/514540128.jpg?w=680\")
Penguin’s business-focused imprint Portfolio plans to publish a book recounting the legal dispute between Gawker Media and wrestler Hulk Hogan (whose real name is Terry Bolea).
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