- Bustle Digital Group, which recently bought Gawker and Mic, has acquired the indie tech publication The Outline, the companies announced Wednesday.
- The Outline was founded in 2016 as an alternative media outlet, eventually raising $10 million in venture capital, most recently at a $21 million valuation.
- But the Outline has struggled and laid off all of its staff writers last fall.
Bustle Digital Group, the the acquisitive media company run by founder and CEO Bryan Goldberg, has bought indie publication The Outline just six months after the company laid off all of its staff writers, the companies announced Wednesday.