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The editorial staff at Gizmodo Media Group has ratified its second collective bargaining deal with the WGA East. The digital media outlet’s 169 members voted overwhelmingly to approve the new three-year contract, which is its first as part of Univision Communications’ Fusion Media Group. Here are details of the…

Univision Communications Inc. is considering selling its Fusion Media Group, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Fusion’s properties include websites Gizmodo, Deadspin and The Root, among others, and it has a stake in the parent company of The Onion. Univision’s exploration of the sale comes amidst…

Fusion, a cable network nearing its fifth anniversary, has refreshed its branding as it gets set to expand its footprint in key markets including New York and L.A. via expanded Spectrum carriage. The new logo and on-air look is designed to fit with those of the network’s sibling digital properties controlled by the Uni…

Cable network Fusion, a division of Fusion Media Group (FMG) that focuses on programming for diverse youth, has issued an open call for scripted and unscripted television projects. The emphasis is on generating new opportunities for young storytellers of different ethnic backgrounds, races, sexual orientations…

Fusion TV, which launched at a challenging time in the cable programming sector, has announced a new slate of programming that aims to take advantage of what it calls its “digital DNA” and brands including The Onion, Deadspin, Gizmodo and The Root. Univision-backed Fusion Media Group says its digital portfolio have…

Univision is about unfuse Fusion Media Group’s video and digital publication properties. Beginning July 24, its Fusion.net site will become a destination for the Fusion cable network's programming and related content. Fusion’s journalism will operate under a new brand, Splinter, and move to SplinterNews.com. The…

The WGA East says it’s “pained” by the Univision layoffs that will include 15 people at Fusion’s digital platform — which voted last week to collectively bargain with the union. But the guild adds in a statement to members at Fusion.net, The Root, and The Gizmodo Media Group that it’s still “gathering and analyzing…

Updated with Univision statement: A week after most of the staff at Univision’s Fusion.net voted to join the Writers Guild of America, the company announced sweeping layoffs that could hit the English language service hardest. Univision said today that it will undergo a restructuring. That could slash as many as 250…

EXCLUSIVE: Univision-owned Fusion continues to expand its original content, partnering with The Onion to develop a weekly television series based on its spinoff site The A.V. Club, Deadline has learned. Expected to premiere later this year on the millennial-focused news and satire channel, the new series will offer…