'Kotaku' is hit by layoffs

[John Elden Ring]

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/kotaku-staff-hit-by-redundancies

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.

 

[Snes nes]

Well that sure is a bummer. It was such a great website full of passionate gamers of all kinds.

 

[Bryank75]

Traditional gaming media is dying. We see it every day.
The mad thing is that people studied and even went on to get masters and stuff to get jobs like these and they are just not viable.

 

[Snes nes]

Traditional gaming media is dying. We see it every day.
The mad thing is that people studied and even went on to get masters and stuff to get jobs like these and they are just not viable.

tbh I just never thought they were. Like yeah we got YouTubers replacing it but I don’t view them as a suitable replacement they’re worse in some regards and can be denied review copies if they didn’t favor a game Just like a journalist can and can be just as ignorant about it. Just all around not a good solution IMO.

 

[historia]

Well that sure is a bummer. It was such a great website full of passionate gamers of all kinds.

Imagine getting canned by Nintendo and Sony.

 

[historia]

Traditional gaming media is dying. We see it every day.
The mad thing is that people studied and even went on to get masters and stuff to get jobs like these and they are just not viable.

Their degree are fucking useless. They have no skills, no talents. Just hacks.

The only job they are equipped for is fast food chains.

 

[historia]

1 electrician or farmer or garbage collector worth 10-20 of these media hacks, society value wise.

 

[Dick Jones]

When they release articles with CGI images of underage kids nude, expect all the bad Karma to go with it. It's awful generally when someone loses their job but fuck that fucking disgusting trashbag of a site.

 

[Snes nes]

Imagine getting canned by Nintendo and Sony.

Imagine being stupid enough to be canned by the the two biggest devs in gaming lol.

 

[MiyazakiLovesKojima]

It's a scary world out there...

 

[BroodCorp]

Random kids in Pakistan are thriving just posting their thoughts about video games on X. The landscape has completely changed in the last decade. I look up the top writers on socials and aside from literally two, they are all irrelevant and no one cares what they have to say.

Personally, I love it.

 

[avenovah]

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/kotaku-staff-hit-by-redundancies

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.

Just close this dump and Polygon.

 

[Would_you_kindly]

When they release articles with CGI images of underage kids nude, expect all the bad Karma to go with it. It's awful generally when someone loses their job but fuck that fucking disgusting trashbag of a site.

Never heard about that

 

[Dick Jones]

Never heard about that

The original writer of Goodbye Volcano High used to write for Kotaku and wrote an article about sex and the images used were Misty from Pokemon and another photo using the cgi model of the girl who played Hermoine in Harry Potter having sex with another underage model (using game assets). The article was removed and reentered with no photos, she was fired from Kotaku. Jason Schreier was on leave and never mentioned it, Stephen Tortillo of Axiom was the editor at the time and should have been punished for his part in it and finally Goodbye Volcano High was delayed to remove the paedophile enthusiast's writing as to not completely destroy that game.


I fucking wish I was joking about the above. CGI models of underage real people fucking. Sick puppies at Kotaku.

 

[Nym]

 

[Box]

Good riddance, i always gated that site

 

[BigMclargeHuge]

Nothing of value was lost.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

 

[Say1nMan]

 

[Gamernyc78]

More layoffs.