'Kotaku' is hit by layoffs

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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.
 
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.
 
damn, you guys are too cold.
maybe there are Kotaku staff members that visit GAF and they have to see this. :(
 
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Kotaku is still around?

I thought that after Tim Togers left, it was dead

Well, tomeitos, tomatos
 
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.
 
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.
 
Was there a specific financial event or series of events that lead to all these game industry layoffs?
 
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