The Fusion Media Group (FMG; formerly Fusion Media Network) is a division of

Univision Communications TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in New York and Mexico City, which owns the American Spanish language broadcast network Univision. 45% of the company is held by the ...

. The company was launched in April 2016 after Univision bought out

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stake in

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through the Fusion Media Network joint venture between Univision & Disney-ABC. While Univision is focused on serving Hispanic America in Spanish, FMG is the company's multi-platform, English language division targeting young adults.

Operations

The Root "The Root" is a song by American recording artist D'Angelo. It is the eighth track on his second studio album, ''Voodoo'', which was released on January 25, 2000, by Virgin Records. "The Root" was recorded and produced by D'Angelo at New York's ...

, an online magazine on African-American culture, was acquired by Univision in 2015. It was eventually placed within FMG. In January 2016,

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was acquired, along with its sibling properties. Univision Story House was introduced in May 2016 as the content development and production unit of

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, but to be managed by FMG. In August 2016, FMG acquired the online properties of

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, excluding

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, and renamed the company Gizmodo Media Group. In July 2018, it was reported that Univision plans on selling the

Gizmodo Media Group 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 b ...

and

. In April 2019, Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion were sold to Great Hill Partners. The sale was completed on April 8, 2019, with Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion being merged to form G/O Media, Inc.

Brands

FMG includes both online and television properties, with a combined digital reach of around 65.6 million people in May 2016.

Current assets

* Uforia (Still active) * The Flama (inactive) * TrackRecord.net (inactive) * Univision Story House (inactive)

Former assets

Fusion TV Fusion TV was an American pay television news and satire channel owned by Fusion Media Group, a multi-platform media company subsidiary of Univision Communications, which relied in part on the resources of its parent company's news division, Not ...

(now

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) (formerly Gawker Media, Fusion) **

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Deadspin ''Deadspin'' is a sports blog founded by Will Leitch in 2005 and based in Chicago. Previously owned by Gawker Media and Univision Communications, it is currently owned by G/O Media. ''Deadspin'' posted daily previews, recaps, and commentaries of ...

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** Jalopnik **

Kotaku ''Kotaku'' is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network. Notable former contributors to the site include Luke Smith, Cecilia D'Anastasio, Tim Rogers, and Jason Schreier. History ...

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Splinter News Splinter was an American left-leaning news and opinion website owned by G/O Media. It launched in July 2017 and ceased publication in November 2019. Content The site was a news and opinion website. According to direct owner Fusion Media Group, t ...

Earther Earther is an environmental news website owned by Univision Communications and was launched in September 2017. History Earther launched with the mission to chronicle three main topics: "The future of Earth," "The future of humans on Earth," an ...

** The Inventory ** The Takeout **

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(sold by G/O Media to

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, now employee-owned) **

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References

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