--- title: Kotaku hires Rebekah Valentine as Senior Reporter as... description: Kotaku has hired Rebekah Valentine as Senior Reporter, marking the first major hire since French firm Keleops Media acquired the site from G/O Media in July... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/kotaku-hires-rebekah-valentine-as-senior-reporter-as-site-expands-under-new-ownership-hvw64kpiy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Kotaku hires Rebekah Valentine as Senior Reporter as site expands under new ownership | daily.dev og:description: Kotaku has hired Rebekah Valentine as Senior Reporter, marking the first major hire since French firm Keleops Media acquired the site from G/O Media in July... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/kotaku-hires-rebekah-valentine-as-senior-reporter-as-site-expands-under-new-ownership-hvw64kpiy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HvW64kpiY.png og:image:alt: Kotaku hires Rebekah Valentine as Senior Reporter as site expands under new ownership og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Kotaku hires Rebekah Valentine as Senior Reporter as site expands under new ownership **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Kotaku has hired Rebekah Valentine as Senior Reporter, marking the first major hire since French firm Keleops Media acquired the site from G/O Media in July 2025. Managing Director Mylène Poncet reports that Kotaku's traffic has doubled since the acquisition. Interim EIC Ethan Gach emphasizes a renewed focus on original reporting and investigative journalism as the backbone of the site, with more hires planned. Valentine, previously at IGN and GamesIndustry.biz, will focus on news and longer investigative pieces. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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