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Gizmodo company history timeline

2016

On August 16, 2016, Univision Communications purchased Gawker for $135 million.

On September 21, 2016, Raju Narisetti was named as CEO of Gizmodo Media Group.

2017

On July 7, 2017, Gizmodo Media Group acquired the blog Very Smart Brothas.

2018

On June 28, 2018, The Daily Beast reported that over forty GMG staffers would be taking union-negotiated buyouts, thereby averting layoffs.

2019

The sale was completed on April 8, 2019, with Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion being combined into a new company named G/O Media.

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