G/O Media

CTL-E-0679 · Business · other · 2019-2025; 2019–2025

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Digital media holding company created in April 2019 after Great Hill Partners bought Gizmodo Media Group from Univision; managed The Root alongside The Onion and Kotaku before selling off its portfolio.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-045; source research type(s): Business.

Sources

Wikipedia, 'The Root (magazine)'
AV Club, 'The Root, G/O Media's last remaining website, finds a new home'; Journal-isms (2025)
en.wikipedia.org (G/O Media); editorandpublisher.com (2025-07)

Record CTL-E-0679 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 3 sources · CTL research: MEDIA-001.
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