Splinter is an American left-leaning news and opinion website owned by Paste. It launched in July 2017 under

Univision Communications TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American mass media, media company headquartered in Miami and Mexico City that owns American Spanish language broadcast network Univision and free-to-air channels in Mex ...

and ceased publication in November 2019 following a sale to

G/O Media G/O Media Inc. is an American media holding company that owns and operates the digital media outlets '' Kotaku'' and '' The Root''. It was formed in 2019 after the private equity firm Great Hill Partners purchased two digital portfolios from ...

. The dormant publication was acquired by Paste in November 2023 and relaunched March 26, 2024.

Content

The site is a news and opinion website. According to former owner Fusion Media Group, the site's purpose is 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 are 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 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, Noticias Univision. In additi ...

website in 2013.

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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 ...

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, following Gizmodo Media Group's dissolution and reorganization into

. The staff posted the last post on November 12, 2019. Staff from Splinter started the independent Discourse Blog in March 2020. On November 29, 2023, it was announced that

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and Splinter were acquired by Paste in an all-cash deal. Josh Jackson, a co-founder and the editor-in-chief of Paste, commented that they had not considered purchasing the websites until after learning of Jezebel's closure in November 2023. Jackson announced plans to relaunch Splinter in 2024 ahead of the 2024 United States elections. Splinter officially relaunched on March 26, 2024, with new editor-in-chief Jacob Weindling, who was previously a politics staff writer for Paste.

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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