Albert James Daulerio (born ) is an American writer and blogger. He is the former editor of Gawker and

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. Daulerio famously published an excerpt of Hulk Hogan's sex tape, which led to a lawsuit and the bankruptcy and sale of

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Early life and education

Daulerio was born and raised in Churchville, Pennsylvania. His father, Albert Sr., worked as a manager at

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and his mother worked as a secretary. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication and English from La Salle University in 1996, and began writing for ''Philadelphia'' magazine.

Career

Daulerio moved to New York City in 1999 and took on multiple writing jobs including at Law.com, and ''

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''. In January 2003, he was a founding editor of the website ''The Black Table'', with

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, Eric Gillin and Aileen Gallagher. He joined Gawker Media in 2005 as the editor of Oddjack, a gambling blog, which lasted six months. Daulerio became the editor of the sports blog

in July 2008. His highest-profile story involved then- New York Jets quarterback

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allegedly sending explicit photos of himself to

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. 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, he replaced Remy Stern as editor-in-chief at Gawker.

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. Hogan sent Gawker a cease-and-desist order to take the video down, but site founder

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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. In April 2013, Gawker wrote, "A judge told us to take down our Hulk Hogan sex tape post. We won't." 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 only consider a celebrity sex tape non-newsworthy if the subject was a child under the age of four. He later told the court he was being flippant in his response.

The Small Bow

In 2020 Daulerio founded The Small Bow, a website and newsletter primarily dedicated to articles about drugs, philosophy and stories for those in recovery.

References

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