A.J. Daulerio
A.J. Daulerio (born March 18, 1974) is an American writer and blogger. He is the former editor of Gawker and Deadspin. Daulerio famously published an excerpt of Hulk Hogan’s sex tape[1] which led to a lawsuit and the bankruptcy and sale of Gawker Media.
A.J. Daulerio | |
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| Born | March 18, 1974 Churchville, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation | Writer, editor, blogger |
| Nationality | American |
Daulerio graduated from La Salle University in 1996. [2]
He moved to New York in 1999 and took on multiple writing jobs including "a year at Law.com, and then three years at The Bond Buyer." "I was willing to write about boring shit," Daulerio told Esquire magazine.[2]
In January 2003, Daulerio was a founding editor of the website The Black Table, with Will Leitch, Eric Gillin and Aileen Gallagher.
He joined Gawker Media in 2005 as the editor of Oddjack, a gambling blog, which lasted six months.[2]
Daulerio became the editor of the sports blog Deadspin in July 2008.[3] Daulerio's most high profile story involved then-New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre allegedly sending explicit photos of himself to Jenn Sterger. According to Esquire, after failing to get Sterger to go on the record, Daulerio decided to break the Favre scandal with his alleged texts that involved sexually explicit pictures and voicemails. In December 2011, Daulerio replaced Remy Stern as editor-in-chief at Gawker, which he held for a year.
Hulk Hogan sex tape
On October 4, 2012, Daulerio posted a short clip of Hulk Hogan and Heather Clem, the estranged wife of Todd Alan Clem, having sex.[4] Hogan sent Gawker a cease-and-desist order to take the video down, but site founder Nick Denton refused. Denton cited the First Amendment and argued the accompanying commentary had news value. Judge Pamela Campbell issued an injunction ordering Gawker to take down the clip.[5] In April 2013, Gawker wrote, "A judge told us to take down our Hulk Hogan sex tape post. We won't." It also stated that "we are refusing to comply" with the order of the circuit court judge.[6][7]
Hogan successfully sued Gawker and Daulerio for $115 million. During the trial, the jury was shown a taped deposition where Daulerio said that he would consider a celebrity sex tape non-newsworthy if the subject was under the age of four.[8] Daulerio later told the court he was being flippant in his response.[9]
References
- Daulerio, A.J. "Even for a Minute, Watching Hulk Hogan Have Sex in a Canopy Bed is Not Safe For Work but Watch it Anyway". Gawker. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012.
- Potter, Maximillian (2017-01-05). "A.J. DAULERIO IS READY TO TELL HIS (WHOLE) GAWKER STORY". Esquire. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- Sherman, Gabriel (2011-01-19). "Gawker Ex-Editor A.J. Daulerio: The Worldwide Leader in Sextapes". GQ. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- Daulerio, A. J. (2012-10-04). "Even for a Minute, Watching Hulk Hogan Have Sex in a Canopy Bed is Not Safe For Work but Watch it Anyway". Gawker. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
- Georgantopulos, Mary Ann (2015-07-15). ""The Biggest Mistake Of My Life": Court Records Detail The Buildup To Hulk Hogan's Lawsuit Against Gawker". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- Cook, John. "A Judge Told Us to Take Down Our Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Post. We Won't". Gawker. Archived from the original on 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
- "A judge told us to take down our Hulk Hogan sex tape post. We won't". Gawker via Twitter. Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
- Amanda Holpuch. "Former Gawker editor: I wouldn't publish the sex tape of a four-year-old". the Guardian.
- "Ex-Gawker Editor Backs Off Testimony in Hulk Hogan Case". The New York Times. 15 March 2016.