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An Apple TV Plus series about Gawker Media was axed after Tim Cook found out about it An Apple TV Plus series about Gawker Media was axed after Tim Cook found out about it Kate DuffyDec 14, 2020, 18:27 IST Apple CEO Tim Cook.MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Apple has canceled plans to make a TV series about Gawker Media after its CEO Tim Cook expressed a negative view about the media company, The New York Times reported Sunday. After finding out about "Scraper," Cook emailed an Apple executive, the Times reported, citing two people briefed on the email. Cook was surprised to hear about the

Share: Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) streaming service TV+ abandoned plans to make a series inspired by Gawker Media after CEO Tim Cook expressed disapproval in an email, the New York Times reported Sunday. What Happened: The show “Scraper” was modeled after Gawker, which shot into the limelight for taking aim at America’s well-known. Gawker was shut down in 2016 after being in business for 15 years, as a result of litigation brought on by its targets. Two Gawker veterans, Cord Jefferson and Max Read, were involved in selling the idea to Apple TV+, according to the Times. The Cupertino-C...

Apple TV+ was reportedly working on a TV show based on Gawker Media. CEO Tim Cook got wind of the project and had it scrapped. The show is now back on the market and will likely air elsewhere. Apple TV+ was reportedly working on a new show that was set to be about Gawker Media – until CEO Tim Cook found out. According to The New York Times, Cook had the project killed off. The series was set to be called Scraper and was pitched by Max Read and Cord Jefferson, two former Gawker employees. But after hiring two more to write the show, Cook heard about it. And that was the end of that.

The Register Matthew Hughes Mon 14 Dec 2020 // 20:56 UTC Share Copy Tim Cook reportedly intervened personally to stop Apple TV from producing a series loosely inspired by the antics of Gawker – the controversial and infamously combative blog, which routinely lambasted figures in media, tech, and entertainment. The cancelled telly show was dubbed "Scraper", according to The New York Times, and was created by two former Gawker editors, Max Read and Cord Jefferson. Other alumni – namely Emma Carmichael and Leah Beckmann – were brought on as writers. Any fictionalis...

Apple TV+ Scraps Gawker Series After Email From ‘Surprised’ CEO Tim Cook (Report) Defunct gossip website outed Cook as gay in 2011Tony Maglio and Lindsey Ellefson | December 14, 2020 @ 7:10 AM Last Updated: December 14, 2020 @ 7:13 AM Getty Apple CEO Tim Cook seems to have personally killed an Apple TV+ series about Gawker, according to Ben Smith of The New York Times. Apple TV+ had commissioned a series from Gawker Cord Jefferson and Max Read about the gossip website and “had completed several episodes,” according to Smith’s reporting. Read was once Gawker editor-in-c...