"Closing the book", Gawker releases data on traffic and posting statistics

Slate had a rather thoughtful article on some of Gawker’s greatest hits.

I had completely forgotten about the sorority letter, though I definitely recall reading about it at the time.

Someone has surely stepped up to claim that they will be archiving the content of gawker.com forever, right? It seems that usually happens whenever a major website announces that it is closing up shop.