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.