Splinter was an American left-leaning news and opinion website owned by

G/O Media G/O Media Inc. is an American media holding company that runs ''Gizmodo'', '' Kotaku'', ''Jalopnik'', ''Deadspin'', '' Lifehacker'', ''Jezebel'', ''The Root'', ''The A.V. Club'', ''The Takeout'', ''The Onion'', and ''The Inventory''. History ...

. 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 The Fusion Media Group (FMG; formerly Fusion Media Network) is a division of Univision Communications. The company was launched in April 2016 after Univision bought out Disney's stake in Fusion through the Fusion Media Network joint venture between ...

, the site's purpose was to offer a sharp point of view, amplify underrepresented voices, shine a light on systemic inequality, and skewer politicians when necessary as well as contextualize current events, challenge archaic establishments, and champion the historically oppressed. They were generally described as having a left-leaning editorial stance.

History

Splinter began as the article part of the

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, No ...

website in 2013. Univision later acquired the assets of

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 ...

which gave it a significant web presence. The decision was made to separate the Fusion TV channel from its news and editorial site. The reasoning for the change being that it would provide clarity between the news site and the cable network whose content was broadening and moving further and further away from what the site was publishing. On July 24, 2017, Fusion relaunched its article-based online presence under the brand ''Splinter'' while things relating to the channel itself remained at Fusion.net branded as ''Fusion TV''. The article-based half of Fusion's website content switched to the fusion.kinja.com domain in May prior to the re branding. Splinter began under the Gizmodo Media Group division of Univision. On October 10, 2019, Splinter announced it was ceasing publication. The staff posted the last post on November 12, 2019. Staff from Splinter started the independent Discourse Blog in March 2020.

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* {{Univision Communications American news websites Former Univision Communications subsidiaries Fusion Media Group Progressivism in the United States Internet properties established in 2017 2017 establishments in the United States Internet properties disestablished in 2019 2019 disestablishments in the United States