That’s what EVERYONE at G/O kept telling Jim Spanfeller and Jim “scabspin” Rich, but the Jims demanded it sooooooo

Half of all video staff were booted from G/O by Jim “scabspin” Rich last Friday.

Speaking of things that suck, losing another editor this week really, really sucks. It doesn’t sound like Natalie is getting an exit post so uh, I guess this’ll do.

Those who write articles are not those who make decisions at G/O Media — the three people responsible for the downward spiral in the past year are: Jim “is a Herb” Spanfeller, Angela “Liability" Persuad, and Jim "Scabspin" Rich.

The problem is that there isn’t supposed to be a narrative in left wing politics that would make someone unsuitable for office by dint of having been in accident or seeking any given quantity of damages from an insurance company (of all things) as a result. I get that this guy is a Republican, and that that’s a…

A lesson uh.... former game maker and now games distributor Epic Games has taken to heart.

rule of thumb is that pretty much any Giz or Lifehacker article will have:

1) at least three regular trolls
2) a flood of checkerboard/fresh spawns being dorks

still happens at Kotaku from time to time but we regulars work really hard to shout them down.

oh no

According to Gizmodo's Tom, half of video departments were canned. As in, half of the sites lost their video teams -- 12 staffers in all, including Gizmodo's own producers.

Here’s hoping that the diaspora continues to thrive and grow. Watching Defector.com (Barry’s deadspin crew) and Discourse dot Blog (Splinter News team) with great interest.

in journalism, the ‘debate’ was settled about a decade ago, when the Associated Press updated their style guide to reflect the recommendations of journalism professors and mental health professionals.

Yeah, I can’t believe Deadapin has been dead since last October. The D-spin crew has their own new site, though:

inb4 Jason Schreier delays CoD2020

“For you, the day your house exploded was the most important day in your life. For me, it was Thursday.”

hell yeah. soon you’ll need to introduce him to the wonderful wild world of zelda romhacks and the classics =P

yup

Hack it and play the unreleased Saints Row game that devs uploaded last year! Or check out some of the very cool emulators. I use mine to play NetHack :P

Dynamic ad networks (“real tine bidding”) was what Jim Spanfeller resorted to after firing the entire Kinja Advertising team in April 2019. Revenue cratered, so Spanfeller doubled, then quadrupled the number of ads per page. In an especially egregious moment, Spanfeller placed autoplaying video ads with sound on every…

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