Reports have emerged that Apple CEO Tim Cook has stepped in to ensure that the company did not produce a TV show which is inspired by gossip outlet Gawker. Claims by The New York Times say that Cook, who is one of the the most powerful openly gay men in the world, was the least bit excited to hear that his company had picked up the TV show Scraper, which is based on Gawker.
In 2016, Gawker was sued by PayPal co-founder and board member Peter Thiel after a series of salacious articles, one of which outed Cook.Branching into TV streaming with Apple TV+, the tech giant had gained the rights for Scraper from two former Gawker members – editor-in-chief Max Read and writer Cord Jefferson.Cook was outed by Gawker six years before he was ready,.
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