Gawker put the site up for sale in November 2008, at the same time it announced the closure of one of its other blogs," Valleywag. Consumerist" was purchased by Consumers Union, the publishers of "Consumer Reports", in December 2008. The site's two editors, site lead Ben Popken and senior editor Meghann Marco, were retained through the sale. Following the acquisition, Marco and Popken shared the title of Co-Executive Editor, and contributors Chris Walters and Carey Greenberg-Berger, who had been laid off by Gawker, were reinstated.