Their editorials are 100% malice.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/business/media/gawker-hulk-hogan-settlement.html
These attorneys sued Gawker and Gawker is now...gone.
Malice in the dictionary sense doesn’t matter. The issue is constitutional malice as defined by the Supreme Court in NY Times v. Sullivan. It’s a tough burden for any public figure to meet.