
G/O Media
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Gizmodo Owner G/O Media Acquires Struggling Business News Site Quartz
By Thom Geier | April 28, 2022 @ 12:30 PMTerms of the deal were not disclosed
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Jezebel, Gizmodo, The Root and Other G/O Media Writers Go on Strike
By Thom Geier | March 1, 2022 @ 5:58 AMAbout 100 digital content producers at six sites walk out Tuesday after contract expires
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Gizmodo Editor Says She Was Fired After ‘Fabricated Allegations’ From Management
By J. Clara Chan | February 2, 2021 @ 2:14 PM”I will continue to contest this unjust termination as I feel it is important for G/O Media to understand it cannot bully employees,“ former Gizmodo senior consumer tech editor Alex Cranz tells TheWrap
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G/O Media, Owner of The Onion and Deadpsin, Lays Off 15 Video Staffers
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 7, 2020 @ 1:08 PMG/O saw layoffs earlier in the year, too, as the pandemic began to take hold of the American economy and media landscape
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Deadspin Editor in Chief Jim Rich Promoted to Editorial Director of G/O Media
By J. Clara Chan | April 22, 2020 @ 12:08 PMThe position was formerly held by Paul Maidment, who resigned last November after a mass exodus of Deadspin staff
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GMG Union Members ‘Vehemently Object’ to G/O Media Moving Deadspin to Chicago
By Lindsey Ellefson | January 10, 2020 @ 12:14 PM”You’ll be hearing more from us,“ says a union statement
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G/O Media Editorial Director Paul Maidment Resigns 1 Week After Deadspin Staff Exodus
By Lindsey Ellefson | November 5, 2019 @ 9:13 AM”I admire the journalism that you produce and the unique voice that is otherwise missing from mainstream media,“ he says in memo to staff
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Imposter Spoofs G/O Media CEO and Deadspin Publisher – on G/O’s Own Blogging Platform
By J. Clara Chan | November 4, 2019 @ 5:49 PMA post with a fake Jim Spanfeller byline offers a sexually crude explanation for ”why recent events have occurred“
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Deadspin Tweets LA Times Story Debunking Owner’s ‘Stick to Sports’ Mandate – Despite Staff Exodus
By Tim Baysinger | November 2, 2019 @ 4:54 PMThe sports website lost its entire staff of writers and editors this week
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Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker Back Deadspin Staff After Mass Exodus
By J. Clara Chan | November 1, 2019 @ 1:55 PMAs of Friday, no writers or editors remain at the sports-culture site
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Deadspin Staffers Resign en Masse After Top Editor Fired
By J. Clara Chan | October 30, 2019 @ 3:40 PMThree of five top editors at the site have either resigned or been fired, and more than half of the site’s 10 staff writers have quit
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Deadspin Editor Fired as Staff Fights Back Against ‘Stick to Sports’ Edict From G/O Media Leadership
By J. Clara Chan | October 29, 2019 @ 4:11 PMThe Gizmodo Media Group Union signaled it wasn’t backing down in a Tuesday afternoon tweet: ”This will not stand.“
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News and Opinion Site Splinter Is Shuttering
By Lindsey Ellefson | October 10, 2019 @ 9:03 AMThe G/O Media site is ceasing operations