.Gizmodo Media’s SVP of Business Development rvb has been named to Digiday's Changemakers list of ‘people who are busy creating the future of media and marketing’ More here: bit.ly/2sKVB8K #DigidayChangemakers

Statement from Gizmodo Media: “We believe this suit was a clear attempt to intimidate reporters who scrutinize the activities of those on the fringe and we’re pleased that the Court applied the strong First Amendment protection for public debate and dismissed this case.” x.com/thehill/status…

Despite industry headwinds Gizmodo Media’s sites continued to grow their respective audiences in June. Several saw with double-digit year-over-year growth including Deadspin (+42%), Gizmodo (+12%), Jalopnik (+13%), @Lifehacker (+19%), The Root (+38%), @Splinter_News (+66%).

Prime Day is still several hours away, but a lot of deals are leaking out early, and we're collecting the best ones here. trib.al/ikF7tPi

Splinter (@Splinter_News) was born a year ago today. The site has developed a distinct, no bullshit voice covering a range of stories + issues... and it continues to draw more readers each month—growing its readership by 20% in the first 6 months of 2018! splinternews.com/69-answers-to-…

.Gizmodo Media’s sites have seen huge year-over-year (organic) growth over the past several months. That continued in July: @Lifehacker (+11%), The Root (+47%), @Splinter_News (+17%), Gizmodo (+3%), Jalopnik (+7%), and Kotaku (+3%)... [via @GoogleAnalytics]

With its smart, witty voice and deeply reported stories like this one—bit.ly/2LqtQyo—Deadspin posted its fourth consecutive month of significant year-over-year growth in July, with readership up +26% from July 2017.

July traffic hit an all-time high for Earther with 3M uniques. The new Gizmodo site dedicated to environmental coverage has been steadily growing its audience ORGANICALLY since launching last fall.

The Root has managed to succeed in ways other influential black media brands have not. Here's how: cnnmon.ie/2Dj1p13

Exclusive: Megan Greenwell hired as top editor of Deadspin thr.cm/1iLN4h

Exciting news on the Jezebel front: Tracy Clark-Flory is joining as a staff writer based in SF... @Kmcdonovgh is taking the helm on the ever busy politics front... and Ashley Reese (Ashley Reese) joins as staff writer. More: bit.ly/2ErjwP5

Good News: Jalopnik is hosting a reader meet-up event in LA on Friday w/ Amazon. Bad News: There's a cap of 400 attendees. In less than 2 days they got 1,300 RSVPs. Takeaway: The power of Jalopnik (the most-read car site on the web) is major! bit.ly/2Fa7ARa

Aleks Chan (aleks chan) has been named the new Editor-in-Chief of Splinter is on Bluesky. Details: bit.ly/2rdhYme

Breaking: Cambridge Analytica Just Shut Down All Its US Offices gizmo.do/MfUuzTn

ICYMI: Gizmodo Media named Aleks Chan (aleks chan) Editor-in-Chief of @Splinter_News bit.ly/2HKBuO8 (via MediaPost)

Congrats to Ryan Felton + Jalopnik for winning a NY Press Club Award!! bit.ly/2I8UKVL

.Jalopnik is the most-read car culture site on the internet — and in April the site’s readership hit an all-time high with 11.4 million monthly uniques (via comScore). Congrats to the entire team!! #DriveFreeOrDie

.The Root has continued to see major audience growth over the past year, most recently outperforming BET.com with nearly 10 million uniques in April (via comScore). The Root is marking its 10 year anniversary this year!

Gizmodo Media Group Doubles Down on Its Award-Winning Commerce Content With Launch of The Inventory More details: bit.ly/2IqS1ae

Here are just some of the best feature stories published across the @Kinja network this week: bit.ly/2GuEkVO #WeekendReads #Longreads #TGIF