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Vox Media history
Vox Media company history timeline
The Verge was launched on November 1, 2011, with Topolsky as editor-in-chief.
In 2012, Vox Media launched a video gaming website, Polygon, led by former Joystiq editor Christopher Grant.
In November 2013, Vox Media acquired Curbed Network, which consisted of the real-estate blog network Curbed, the food blog Eater, and the fashion blog Racked.
In April 2014, the company launched a news website, Vox.
In May 2015, Vox Media acquired Recode, a technology industry news website that was founded by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, the former editors of The Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital.
In May 2017, Vox Media announced that it had entered into an agreement to provide technology and advertising sales for Bill Simmons' sports website The Ringer, as part of a revenue sharing agreement.
And Axios, a news site based in Washington that started in 2017, has had talks with the German publishing giant Axel Springer about a possible merger, according to three people with knowledge of the negotiations.
In February 2018, it was reported that Vox Media would be laying off around 50 employees, particularly surrounding video production.
In September 2019, Vox Media agreed to acquire and merge with New York Media, the parent company of New York magazine.
On April 17, 2020, Vox Media announced it would furlough 9% of its workforce from May 1 to July 31, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In February 2021, Swati Sharma—former managing editor of The Atlantic—was hired to be the new editor-in-chief of Vox.
On 13 December 2021, it was announced that Vox Media would acquire Group Nine Media.
Axios, which brings in most of its revenue through sponsorship deals, had an 80 percent jump in ad sales during the first half of this year, according to two people familiar with the company; they estimated that 2021 revenue could top $85 million.
The acquisition was completed on 22 February 2022.
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