Gawker in Settlement Talks with Hogan Ahead of Auction

MarketWatch: Gawker Media is engaged in preliminary talks with former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan to reach a settlement over a $140 million invasion-of-privacy judgment that forced the digital media company into bankruptcy. The talks come a week ahead of a court-administered auction that will see Gawker founder Nick Denton lose control of the company he founded 14 years ago.