Gizmodo Media Group

Gizmodo Media Group
Company typeSubsidiary
PredecessorGawker Media
FoundedSeptember 22, 2016 (2016-09-22)
DefunctApril 8, 2019 (2019-04-08)
FateAcquired by Great Hill Partners, folded into G/O Media
HeadquartersNew York City, U.S.
ParentFusion Media Group
SubsidiariesDeadspin
Lifehacker
Gizmodo
Kotaku
io9
Jalopnik
Splinter
The Root
Jezebel
Earther
The Takeout

Gizmodo Media Group was an online media company and blog network formerly operated by Univision Communications (now TelevisaUnivision) in its Fusion Media Group division. The company was created from assets acquired from Gawker Media during its bankruptcy in 2016.[1] In April 2019, Gizmodo and The Onion were sold to private equity firm Great Hill Partners, which combined them into a new company named G/O Media.[2]

  1. ^ "Univision to Buy Gawker Media for $135M". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  2. ^ Hayes, Dade (8 April 2019). "Univision Finalizes Sale Of Former Gawker Portfolio And The Onion To Private Equity Firm Great Hill Partners". Retrieved 9 April 2019.

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