Spanfeller was hired by private equity firm Great Hill Partners to run the company after it was purchased from Univision.
[1] He is also a past Chairman of the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) and longtime executive board member of Digital Content Next (DCN).
[7] Spanfeller was named associate publisher and senior vice president of marketing of Playboy Enterprises in April 1989.
Great Hill Partners did not disclose the financial terms of the private, all equity transaction but stated in a press release that Spanfeller is an investor.
)"[17] In January 2020 the GMG union, which represents the staff of G/O media, announced a vote of no confidence in CEO Jim Spanfeller citing, among other issues, a lack of willingness to negotiate for "functional editorial independence protections.