Group Nine Media
American digital media holding company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Group Nine Media was an American digital media holding company based in New York City. The company comprises Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo, and Seeker.[2][3] The four brands, and former brand SourceFed, merged to form Group Nine Media in October 2016. In October 2019, Group Nine Media acquired PopSugar.[4] In December 2020, Group Nine formed its own corporate SPAC to use the public funding for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination.[5] In December 2021, Vox Media announced its intention to acquire Group Nine. The transaction was completed in February 2022, and Group Nine was folded into Vox Media.[6]
Quick Facts Company type, Predecessor ...
Company type | Privately held company |
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Predecessor | Discovery Digital Networks |
Founded | October 2016; 7 years ago (2016-10) |
Founder | Ben Lerer |
Defunct | February 22, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-02-22) |
Fate | Acquired by and folded into Vox Media |
Successor | Vox Media |
Headquarters | New York City, U.S.[1] |
Key people | Ben Lerer (CEO) Brian Sugar (President) |
Number of employees | 415+ (2016) |
Subsidiaries | The Dodo JASH NowThis PopSugar Seeker Thrillist |
Website | www |
Footnotes / references https://www.axios.com/group-nine-popsugar-joint-leadership-team-6c53b3ad-2242-4179-a854-dbd6bb424e67.html |
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