It's especially interesting that they laid off a lot of people who were the only ones in their particular job, leaving entire jobs uncovered. I suspect this comes right before shutting them entirely or doing it all "with AI" 🤮.

Sad in particular about Alice Bell. She was fantastic, and it always felt like she kept the site going through all the shit of recent years. Plus being the driving force behind their podcast (the Electronic Wireless Show) of course also spells doom for that one though I hope that like Indiescovery they go rogue and run it independent of the site.

Bleak times. Fuck IGN.

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Buys publication
Immediately fires what makes it tick

???
I don't get it. Am I dumb? Are they buying other publications just for the branding?

[–] efstajas@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

Acquiring a company just for the brand or even just to make it disappear is pretty common in all of the corporate world.

[–] ahriboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 months ago

Quality worsens. Losing a lot of reliable sources for Wikipedia and other free content sites to use.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago

The violence is the point