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Gizmodo CEO Narisetti is out

Raju Narisetti

Raju Narisetti, the former Dow Jones executive who ran Gizmodo Media Group — which includes the sites Gizmodo, Deadspin, Jezebel, Jalopnik, Kotaku and Lifehacker — is out at the company, reports Maxwell Tani of The Daily Beast.

Tani reports, “The Daily Beast has learned that GMG CEO Raju Narisetti has been pushed out, amid a larger business review following the company’s decision to scuttle its planned initial public offering earlier this year.

“One person familiar with the situation disputed to The Daily Beast that Narisetti was pushed out, saying the CEO sensed the forthcoming changes in the company, and approached Univision in January about leaving.

“Narisetti was tapped in September 2016 to lead the former Gawker Media properties after they were sold to Univision and rebranded as Gizmodo Media Group. The acquisition was one part of Univision’s investment in digital media: the company also acquired The Onion, The A.V. Club, and Clickhole in 2016.

“Narisetti’s departure is the latest in a series of top level changes that signal Univision is likely to become deeply involved in GMG operations.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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