G/O Media Inc.
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About G/O Media Inc.
G/O Media Inc. was a digital publishing holding company and multi-brand media network, formerly known as Gizmodo Media Group. Its portfolio brought together publications covering technology, gaming, automotive culture, sports, productivity, entertainment and social commentary. The company ceased operations in October 2025 after selling its remaining publishing assets.
The network originated in September 2016, when Univision Communications organized the non-Gawker.com assets acquired following Gawker Media’s bankruptcy into Gizmodo Media Group. Its publications included Gizmodo, Kotaku, Jalopnik, Deadspin, Lifehacker and Jezebel. The organization formed part of Univision’s Fusion Media Group.
In April 2019, Great Hill Partners acquired Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion from Univision. The combined assets were consolidated under G/O Media Inc., creating a holding company for the publications. The network’s business centered on digital publishing and the operation of distinct editorial brands rather than a single consumer publication.
Portfolio sales and operational sunset
The company began divesting its publications in 2023. Ziff Davis acquired Lifehacker, while Paste Media acquired Jezebel and Splinter. Further sales in 2024 included Deadspin to Lineup Lab, The Onion to Global Tetrahedron, and Gizmodo, including io9 and Earther, to Keleops AG.
The remaining portfolio continued to disperse in 2025. Redbrick acquired Quartz and The Inventory, Keleops acquired Kotaku, and Watering Hole Media acquired The Root, the company’s final asset. With its publishing brands divested, G/O Media announced the end of its operations.
The separately operated Gizmodo publication continued under Keleops ownership following its June 2024 sale. Its ongoing publishing activity is distinct from the former corporate network’s history and closure.
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Historical leadership and labor relations
- Jim Spanfeller was appointed CEO when Great Hill Partners consolidated the publishing assets under G/O Media in 2019.
- During G/O Media’s operation, the network experienced editorial and labor disputes with the GMG Union, represented by the Writers Guild of America East. The report identifies programmatic advertising, editorial mandates and experimental artificial intelligence testing among the disputed subjects.
Subsequent litigation
On July 9, 2026, Gizmodo USA LLC filed suit against Gizmodo Media Group LLC and G/O Media, Inc. in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, under Index No. 654059/2026. The supplied research does not establish an outcome.
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- New York, United States
New York offices
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**Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 114 Fifth Avenue, 2nd & 3rd Floors, New York, NY 10011, United States Closed: 2019 Former headquarters assumed by Univision/GMG in 2016 and subleased to Unqork in August 2019. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 1540 Broadway, New York, United States Closed: 2025 Former G/O Media headquarters premises; the report groups this address with its later Manhattan headquarters locations. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10104, United States Closed: 2025 Former G/O Media headquarters premises, closed upon the company's operational sunset.
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