2013–2019 Splinter began as the article part of the
Fusion TV website in 2013.
Univision later acquired the assets of
Gizmodo 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. On July 24, 2017, Fusion relaunched its article-based online presence under the brand
Splinter while things relating to the channel itself remained at Fusion.net branded as
Fusion TV. The article-based half of Fusion's website content switched to the fusion.kinja.com domain in May prior to the re-branding. 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 into
G/O Media. The staff posted the last post on November 12, 2019. Staff from Splinter started the independent Discourse Blog in March 2020.
2023–present On November 29, 2023, it was announced that
Jezebel and Splinter were acquired by
Paste Media in an all-cash deal. Josh Jackson, a co-founder and the editor-in-chief of
Paste, 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 the
2024 United States elections. Splinter officially relaunched on March 26, 2024, with new editor-in-chief Jacob Weindling, who was previously a politics staff writer for
Paste. 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". ==References==