Private company

Gizmodo Media Group

Media group owned by Univision Communications

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 2016.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2016Founded1

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 2016.2

Corporate structure

Gizmodo Media Group sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Gizmodo Media Group
    • Deadspin Owned · United States
    • Earther Owned
    • Gizmodo Owned · United States
    • Gizmodo Brazil Owned
    • io9 Owned
    • Jezebel Owned
    • Kotaku Owned · United States
    • Lifehacker Owned · United States
    • Splinter News Owned · United States
    • The A.V. Club Owned
    • The Root Owned

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Gizmodo Media Group reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Deadspin
  • Earther
  • Gizmodo
  • Gizmodo Brazil
  • Jezebel
  • Kotaku
  • Lifehacker
  • Splinter News
  • The A.V. Club
  • The Root
  • io9

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Deadspin
  • Earther
  • Gizmodo
  • Gizmodo Brazil
  • Jezebel
  • Kotaku
  • Lifehacker
  • Splinter News
  • The A.V. Club
  • The Root
  • io9

Former owners and parents

  • Univisión Communications until Apr 8, 2019

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Mar 8, 2019Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2016Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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