Quartz CEO Seward to staff: You’ll get a cut of the sale

The following is a memo CEO Zach Seward sent to the Quartz staff Thursday morning: Hi, Quartz We have a new home: I have agreed to sell Quartz to G/O Media, the publisher of Gizmodo, AV Club, Jezebel, The Root, and several other great editorial brands. Together, we are forming a digital journalism powerhouse with more […]
G/O Media CEO: Quartz is a “marquee business brand”

G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller sent out the following email to staff about its Quartz acquisition: I am thrilled to announce that G/O Media has entered into an agreement to purchase business news publisher Quartz (www.qz.com). Attached is the press release that we are issuing on this terrific development. This transaction is the first addition […]
G/O Media acquires biz news site Quartz

G/O Media, the owner of websites that once were part of Gawker Media, has acquired the business news site Quartz for an undisclosed amount, reports Benjamin Mullin and Katie Robertson of the New York Times. Mullin and Robertson report, “Zach Seward, a co-founder and the chief executive of Quartz, will stay on at the company […]