Feminist site Jezebel to be revived after sale

Source: BBC

Feminist site Jezebel to be revived after sale

29 November 2023

By Natalie Sherman
Business reporter, New York

Feminist news site Jezebel, which was shut down earlier this month, has been sold to a new owner.

Paste Media, known for its music coverage, said it had taken on the brand and planned to relaunch soon.

It marks the latest revival for a site that started in 2007 as part of the Gawker empire and in the interim has had several owners.

The latest, private equity owned G/O Media, had blamed "economic headwinds" when announcing the closure.

At the time, chief executive Jim Spanfeller said the company had spoken to more than two dozen potential buyers without success but that he still hoped a deal could happen.

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