G/O Media
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Quartz Sold by G/O Media to 4th Owner Since 2018, Editorial Staff Axed
Editor-in-chief Dan Hirschhorn, one of two remaining employees, says it’s “a new chapter” for the company
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G/O Media Sells Gizmodo to European Tech Media Company Keleops
The entire staff is expected to stay intact, CEO Jim Spanfeller says in an internal memo
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G/O Media Sells The Onion to Chicago-Based Firm Global Tetrahedron
The new ownership shares a name with a fictional company in the satirical news site’s humor book “Our Dumb Century”
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G/O Media Sells The A.V. Club and The Takeout to 2 Separate Companies, Majority of Staff Keeps Jobs
According to CEO Jim Spanfeller, two A.V. staffers will not make the move to Paste Media, the same company that bought Jezebel in November
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The Onion Union Ratifies New Contract With G/O Media
The three-year agreement includes raises to minimum starting salaries, increased parental leave and new AI policies
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The Onion’s Unionized Staff Reaches Tentative Deal With G/O Media Hours Before Strike Deadline
“This tentative agreement could not have been won without a willingness to take collective action,” the union says
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The Onion Staff to Go on Strike Wednesday Barring 11th Hour Deal
“We do not take the decision to go on an open-ended ULP strike lightly, but we have to take a stand for what is just,” the guild says in a statement
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As More Media Layoffs Ring in the New Year, Americans Face Prospect of ‘News Deserts’ | Analysis
Job cuts are up 48% from 2022 and advertising continues to decline, making public funding an urgent need, say experts
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Jezebel Acquired by Paste Magazine, Could Be Revived as Soon as This Week
The independent music and entertainment publisher acquired the site from G/O Media in an all-cash deal
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Jezebel to Shut Down After G/O Media Fails to Find a Buyer
The shuttering of the publication was announced in a memo to staff by CEO Jim Spanfeller
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G/O Media Vows to ‘Dismiss the Trivial’ Backlash in Memo to A.V. Club Staff About AI-Generated Stories
The site is “quite aware of the vast amount of feedback we received after the AI material was published in July,” the company’s editorial director says
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G/O Media Staffers ‘Appalled’ as Company Begins Testing AI-Created Content Across Sites
“Cease [your] plans to litter our websites with AI-generated content,” unionized editorial employees at The Onion, Deadspin and The Root say
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G/O Media Hires Veteran Journalist and Executive Merrill Brown as Editorial Director
Brown takes over the top editorial job at the Gizmodo and Deadspin parent company
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Gizmodo Owner G/O Media Acquires Struggling Business News Site Quartz
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
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Jezebel, Gizmodo, The Root and Other G/O Media Writers Go on Strike
About 100 digital content producers at six sites walk out Tuesday after contract expires
