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Feminist website Jezebel is coming back to life after a less-than-three-week hiatus. Closed down on Nov. 9 by G/O Media, which also operates Gizmodo, Deadspin and The Root, the site has been purchased in an all-cash deal by Josh Jackson, a co-founder and the editor in chief of Paste magazine. As part of the deal, ackson also picked up Splinter, a former political news website that was shuttered by G/O Media in 2019. Jackson told the New York Times that he planned to start publishing on the site again as soon as Nov. 29. Started up in 2007 as part of Gawker’s portfolio, Jezebel become part of G/O Media in 2019.
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Sports Illustrated has been accused of publishing product reviews carrying the bylines of authors who could only be traced back to websites that sell artificial intelligence-generated headshots, tech publication Futurism reports. Arena Group, Sports Illustrated’s publisher, pushes the blame for any fake authors or content onto AdVon Commerce, a third-party supplier that sits “at the edge of content and marketing” according to its website. “AdVon has assured us that all of the articles in question were written and edited by humans,” an Arena Group spokesperson told Futurism. “However, we have learned that AdVon had writers use a pen or pseudo name in certain articles to protect author privacy—actions we don't condone—and we are removing the content while our internal investigation continues and have since ended the partnership.” The SI Union posted a statement on X saying that “if true, these practices violate everything we believe in about journalism.”
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Popular Science, which shuttered its print edition in 2021, is now pulling the plug on its digital magazine. Recurrent Ventures, which also manages Domino, Dwell and Field & Stream, called the closure a response to the “evolving landscape of its audience,” citing changes in advertising budgets and a move toward video as factors. On Nov. 13, Recurrent cut 13 jobs at Popular Science, according to a report on Axios, leaving the platform with just five employees. The platform will continue to publish content on its website, in addition to producing its “The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week” podcast.
USA TODAY brings on Jamie Stockwell as VP of news, effective March 30. Stockwell was most recently deputy managing editor of news for the Washington Post... YouTube expands its likeness detection capabilities to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates... The AP Fund for Journalism adds 50 news organizations to its local news program, bringing the total number of participating newsrooms to 100. 
Versant Media Group, the NBCUniversal cable TV spin-off, today reported its first financial results as 2025 revenues dipped 5.3 percent to $6.7B and standalone EBITDA dropped 9.1 percent to $2.2B.
Trump Media & Technology Group is discussing a spin-off of the Truth Social platform following the expected closing of its $6B merger deal with TAE Technologies... Condé Nast sells off Them, the digital LGBTQ-focused platform it launched in 2017, to Equalpride, publisher of Out, The Advocate, Out Traveler, Health PLUS Wellness and Pride.com... CBS News has parted ways with longevity influencer Peter Attia, one of the 19 contributors that editor-in-chief Bari Weiss brought on as part of her plan to present a wider variety of voices on the platform. 
Symbolic.ai forms a partnership with News Corp to begin using the company’s AI-native publisher platform in the newsrooms of News Corp publications to augment research, writing and publishing... Mediaite launches a newsletter that promises to give readers a summary of—media newsletters... The Fund for American Studies launches the Journalism Excellence Fellowship, a program that will provide promising young journalists the opportunity to work alongside top writers, reporters, and media professionals.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which has roots going back to 1786, is going out of business, the paper’s owners, Block Communications, announced on Jan. 7... GQ editor Will Welch is stepping down to take on a new Paris-based role with the musician Pharrell, who is also men’s creative director at Louis Vuitton... Semafor says it has raised $30 million on a $330 million valuation, following its first profitable year. 
