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G/O Media Inc. is an American media holding company [1] that owns and operates the digital media outlets Kotaku, The Root, The Inventory, and Quartz. [2] [3]It was formed in 2019 after the private equity firm Great Hill Partners purchased two digital portfolios from Univision: Gizmodo Media Group (Gizmodo, Jezebel, Deadspin, Lifehacker, Splinter, The Root, Kotaku, and Jalopnik) and the Onion ...
The media and entertainment industry's reckoning will continue in 2024 with more layoffs underway. Media layoffs: Google, Paramount, Disney, and others commit to job cuts in 2024 [Video] Skip to ...
Firms announced 55,597 layoffs last month, down 23.7% from the 72,821 announced in September, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas said. Layoffs would have been even lower last month ...
Some media outlets compared the 2023-2024 layoffs to the video game crash of 1983, when the US video game market collapsed due to an oversaturation of poorly made, low-quality games, causing the video game industry to enter a recession for two years. This has sparked discussions about a potential "second video game crash."
The layoffs, along with thousands of others at news outlets last year and the beginning of this year, are happening in an election year full of red flags on the precarious state of democratic ...
Jen Glennon resigned her position as editor in March 2024, citing an opposition to G/O Media's desire for the site to deprioritize news and instead focus on producing game guides. [31] In July 2024, it was reported that Kotaku Australia would shut down as part of a cost-cutting effort from third-party publisher Pedestrian Group. [32]
U.S. layoff announcements rose 7% in March to the highest since January 2023, led by technology and government-sector job eliminations, though cuts announced year to date are down 5% from a year ...
Significant layoffs in the technology sector as a consequence of growth during the COVID-19 pandemic continued into 2024. In January, Unity Technologies laid off 1,800 employees—or a quarter of its workforce, [ 9 ] Amazon 's live streaming service Twitch laid off 500 employees—or 35% of its workforce, [ 10 ] and Google laid off hundreds of ...