Bain Capital Tries to Invest in Gawker — Oops, Bad Move!

Mitt Romney's old haunting grounds apparently didn't know the site published a trove of Bain's internal documents in August

Bain Capital wants a piece of Gawker.

Getty ImagesOr, at least, it did.

A newly minted analyst at Mitt Romney's former private equity firm emailed Gawker Media CEO Nick Denton Tuesday evening to set up a meeting with the self-professed "gossip merchant."

"Just came across Gawker and I'm interested in what you're building," analyst Mike Griffin wrote in the email, which Gawker published on Wednesday.

Therein lies his first mistake — he just "came across" the site and didn't do much digging. Because even a quick Google search reveals that the site published a trove of Bain's internal documents in August.

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