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Keleops Completes All-Cash Kotaku Acquisition

Keleops plans to retain Kotaku’s editorial team with new hires to fuel its U.S. growth.

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Overview

  • On July 2, 2025, European media firm Keleops closed the purchase of Kotaku from G/O Media in an undisclosed all-cash deal.
  • Kotaku’s existing journalists will remain in place and Keleops will recruit additional editorial and technical staff to support expansion.
  • Keleops said the deal strengthens its leadership in the U.S. market and unlocks new commercial and technical synergies.
  • Kotaku attracts about 3 million monthly users in the U.S. and has more than 4 million social media followers, according to Comscore data.
  • The acquisition follows Keleops’s June 2024 purchase of Gizmodo and underscores G/O Media’s ongoing divestment of its digital properties.