Axios
American news website
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| January 20 2025 | Axios adopted the name 'Gulf of America' following an executive order by President Donald Trump, after the Associated Press refused to comply with the name change. |
| August 2024 | Axios conducted a significant layoff, reducing staff by 50 employees (10% of total workforce). |
| March 2023 | Axios fired Ben Montgomery, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, after he described a Florida Department of Education press release as 'propaganda'. |
| September 1 2022 | Cox Enterprises completed its acquisition of Axios, marking a significant ownership change for the news organization. |
| August 8 2022 | Axios announced its sale to Cox Enterprises for $525 million, with Cox owning 70% of the company and Axios employees and founders retaining 30%. |
| 2021 | Axios on HBO documentary series won the News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview, specifically for Jonathan Swan's interview with President Donald Trump. |
| May 2021 | Merger discussions between Axios and The Athletic ended, with The Athletic choosing to pursue a deal with The New York Times instead. |
| July 2020 | Axios received $4.8 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program loans during the COVID-19 pandemic, which were later returned due to political sensitivity. |
| March 2019 | HuffPost and Wired reported that Axios had paid a firm to lobby for changes to its Wikipedia articles. |
| 2017 | Axios officially launched its news website and began publishing content. |
| September 2017 | Axios reached 6 million unique visitors according to Comscore, and reported 200,000 newsletter subscribers with a 52 percent average open rate. |
| January 2017 | Axios hired Evan Ryan, a former staffer for Vice President Joe Biden, as an executive vice president. |
| 2016 | Axios secured $10 million in financing led by Lerer Hippeau Ventures, with backers including NBC News, Emerson Collective, Greycroft Partners, and David and Katherine Bradley. The company had raised a total of $30 million by this point. |
| 2016 | Axios was founded by former Politico journalists Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz. |
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