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Type of site | Website |
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| Editor | Jacob Weindling |
| URL | splinter |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | July 24, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-07-24) |
| Current status | Active |
Splinter is an American left-leaning news and opinion website owned byPaste. It launched in July 2017 underUnivision Communications and ceased publication in November 2019 following a sale toG/O Media. The dormant publication was acquired by Paste Media in November 2023 and relaunched March 26, 2024. In November 2025, Paste Media announced that Splinter would be merged intoJezebel, with a dedicated section on the latter's website.
The site is a news and opinion website. According to former ownerFusion 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.[1] They are generally described as having a left-leaning editorial stance.[2][3]
Splinter began as the article part of theFusion TV website in 2013.Univision later acquired the assets ofGizmodo Media Group 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.[4][5]
On July 24, 2017, Fusion relaunched its article-based online presence under the brandSplinter while things relating to the channel itself remained at Fusion.net branded asFusion TV. The article-based half of Fusion's website content switched to the fusion.kinja.com domain in May prior to the re-branding.[6] 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 intoG/O Media.[7] The staff posted the last post on November 12, 2019.[8] Staff from Splinter started the independent Discourse Blog in March 2020.[9]
On November 29, 2023, it was announced thatJezebel and Splinter were acquired byPaste Media in an all-cash deal. Josh Jackson, a co-founder and the editor-in-chief ofPaste, 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 the2024 United States elections.[10][11] Splinter officially relaunched on March 26, 2024, with new editor-in-chief Jacob Weindling, who was previously a politics staff writer forPaste.[12]
On November 21, 2025, Jackson announced that Splinter would be merged into Jezebel with its opinions and news coverage in a dedicated Splinter section on Jezebel's website; the website's archive, from the start of Splinter "as part of Fusion TV to its latest iteration under Weindling's leadership", will also be included in this section. Jackson explained that while Paste Media had revived two inactive outlets, Splinter "had lain dormant far longer" than Jezebel, and that, along with ongoing industry pressures, led the company to combine the two under the Jezebel brand. Jackson wrote that Weindling will continue "to write every week as Splinter's Editor-at-Large".[13]
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