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ANOTHER ONE

G/O Media Sells Off Gizmodo

The sale will keep the tech website’s entire staff intact, G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller wrote in a company-wide memo obtained by The Daily Beast.

Justin Baragona

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SLICED OFF

New Owners of The Onion Reveal Themselves

The company that bought the iconic satirical website shares a name with one featured in a book written by former Onion editors.

Corbin Bolies

Jim Spanfeller, CEO, G/O Media, on Fourth Estate Stage during day two of Collision 2022 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada.
ANOTHER ONE

G/O Media Continues Fire Sale, Dumps A.V. Club and Takeout

Weeks after dumping Deadspin, the rapidly shrinking media company sold off two more brands and is shopping around the popular satire site The Onion.

Justin Baragona

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FEELING ‘GREAT’

Yet Another G/O Media Editor Quits, Lashes Out at ‘Herb’ CEO

The G/O Media empire has endured a torrent of struggles over the past year, including the resignations of nearly a dozen editors-in-chief.

Corbin Bolies

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A DEAD SPIN

Deadspin’s Mysterious New Buyer Is Finally Unmasked

There was no public information available about the people behind the mysterious Lineup Publishing until Thursday.

Amanda Yen

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DEADSPINDEAD

G/O Media Sells Off Deadspin to Be Entirely Gutted

The beleaguered media company has sold its key sports property off to a European publisher who will gut the website and replace its staff.

Justin Baragona

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CONFIDER

Confider #92: You Read It Here First!

These are our favorite Confider scoops that had certified impact over the past year.

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CONFIDER

Confider #92: Mogul Silences Journos; Laura vs. Podcast Boss

Everyone loves it. Until they’re in it.

Confider

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BACK FROM THE DEAD

Jezebel’s New Home Is an Atlanta-Based Music Magazine

Paste Magazine has acquired the snarky feminist website.

Justin Baragona

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CONFIDER

Confider #88: Jezebel Rises, Fox Rehires Infamous Editor

Everyone loves it. Until they’re in it.

Confider

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CONFIDER

Jezebel Is Set to Rise From the Dead

Weeks after its shock shuttering, Jezebel is poised to be resurrected, Confider has learned—thanks to several bidders who’ve come out of the woodwork.

Lachlan Cartwright

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