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Kotaku staff hit by redundancies

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G/O Media has conducted layoffs across the company and its publications, including the gaming site Kotaku. As reported by Adweek, the decision has resulted in 23 redundancies across G/O Media sites and the shuddering of women's cultural outlet Jezebel after 16 years.


CEO Jim Spanfeller notified G/O Media staff of the decision earlier today; the exact number of employees affected at Kotaku is unknown.

While G/O Media is a lean, nimble organization, we are not immune to the economic headwinds rattling our business

Additionally, Adweek added that G/O Media editorial director Merrill Brown was dismissed days before the new job cuts. He was hired back in January of this year.


The news of layoffs at Kotaku came a month after the site gained Jen Glennon as its new editor-in-chief.

 

[MiguelItUp]

 

[Zones]

How everyone reacted when they heard about this news:

 

[The Cockatrice]

 

[StereoVsn]

 

[lughnasadh123]

"the shuddering of women's cultural outlet Jezebel after 16 years."

Not sure if intentional or not.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Oh no
Anyway

 

[spons]

Jezebel was a post-irony satire goldmine. "10 Songs To Be Circumcised To" was a goddamn classic.

 

[German Hops]

 

[Darchaos]

 

[GymWolf]

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Sad day.

 

[Mister Wolf]

 

[Happosai]

 

[spons]

On a more serious note, who the fuck still worked at Kotaku? Didn't writers there spin off into several different independent media outlets over the years?
Out of anything the fact it still exists surprises me the most.

 

[Tams]

 

[Lionel Richie]

Hope they land on their feet.

On a very different area away from public view.

 

[nani17]

I'm not going to laugh at someone losing their job but lets be honest the place cares more about the political landscape then actually talking about gaming.

this
this
ohhh this
just stop

 

[-Zelda-]

 

[TheInfamousKira]

This is my sexual awakening.

 

[ripjoel]

 

[Barakov]

Sad day.

 

[reinking]

We all know where this is headed...

 

[German Hops]

damn, you guys are too cold.
maybe there are Kotaku staff members that visit GAF and they have to see this.

 

[Kilau]

It’s a start…

 

[chromhound]

They can go join aftermath lol

Former Kotaku writers are launching a new video game site — and they own it this time

“We really reverse-engineered the idea of blogging.”

www.theverge.com

 

[NikuNashi]

In a year full of awful layoffs of devs in the game industry, finally some good news.

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[blacktout]

 

[Elder Legend]

Good. Fuck. Every. Single. One. Of. Them.

 

[FearlessBelgian]

 

[deriks]

Kotaku is still around?

I thought that after Tim Togers left, it was dead

Well, tomeitos, tomatos

 

[ByWatterson]

Been waiting for this one.

 

[Power Pro]

Now when's the full shutdown?

 

[lh032]

someone will probably fund these group of people again.

 

[Ronin_7]

Jason Schreiber dodged a bullet.

 

[DeepSpace5D]

 

[Reaseru]

 

[lmimmfn]

On a serious note, I feel sorry for anyone losing their jobs.

But on a more serious note, Kotaku is absolutely terrible and hopefully they will dial down their shit woke viewpoints.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

They can go join aftermath lol

Former Kotaku writers are launching a new video game site — and they own it this time

“We really reverse-engineered the idea of blogging.”

www.theverge.com

Aftermath has the worst logo in history. It'll be dead soon. I give it a year or two.

 

[LordCBH]

Good riddance.

 

[JohnnyPhats]

 

[diffusionx]

Jezebel got shuttered too

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

+ Jezebel?

and Gawker died this year too. So much trash cleaned up in 2023.

 

[ReBurn]

damn, you guys are too cold.
maybe there are Kotaku staff members that visit GAF

let me stop you right there

 

[Nydius]

damn, you guys are too cold.
maybe there are Kotaku staff members that visit GAF and they have to see this.

Can't tell if being serious or sarcastic. If the former:

Good, let them see it. Kotaku is a major part of the reason mainstream gaming is in the shit state it's in, and I'm not going to spare their feelings because some of them got laid off.

 

[Saber]

maybe there are Kotaku staff members that visit GAF and they have to see this

 

[RSLAEV]

Was there a specific financial event or series of events that lead to all these game industry layoffs?

 

[Kuranghi]

Spoiler: Click Me

BOO!

Little late Halloween scare for you there.

 

[lem0n]

Can I just say when the first reply nails it, they NAIL it. Perfection