A Manhattan federal judge Tuesday approved a bankruptcy plan for Gawker that includes a $31 million payment to Hulk Hogan, $1.5 million to settle four other lawsuits, and protection for former writers against future legal claims.

“The company got murdered,” said ex-Gawker reporter Jordan Sargent. “That we have these protections is a moderate victory.”

The plan indemnifies Gawker’s former writers against potential lawsuits over articles published before the company was sold to Univision in August for $135 million.

Hogan forced Gawker into bankruptcy in June when he tried to collect on a $140 million award from a Florida jury after the site posted a video of him having sex with his then-best friend’s wife.

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