[Kotaku] Goodbye From Josh and Gita
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Pulling no punches. Cool that the interview was posted on Kotaku.
Any chance that Gita is joining Giant Bomb?
Any chance that Gita is joining Giant Bomb?
Completely out of the loop with this whole thing. What's going on at Kotaku? I've seen more people leave it but never knew why.
Holy shit, I've never seen anything so brutally honest. Kotaku and their talented staff deserve better.
Does FFX hold some significance for the two of them? I don't see anything in the article about that so just curious.
Also the transparency and allowing them to voice their issues with the owners of Kotaku is really cool. A lot of sites wouldn't do that.
Isn't he the owner?
Also the transparency and allowing them to voice their issues with the owners of Kotaku is really cool. A lot of sites wouldn't do that.
Isn't he the owner?
Wow fuck their CEO. I just criticized Gita's article in other thread, but she has brought unique perspective to this website and has been one of the people that define Kotaku for me. Website needs those kind of people. Is it right to assume that Kotaku is slowly being killed off?
pretty sure he's a millionaire, and he owns G/O Media, there's no way they're getting him out of there
I feel this. Last year I left a job that I once loved because a new manager came in, ran our department into the ground, and blamed everybody but himself for the total breakdown of morale.
Fuck Jim Spanfeller and fuck [REDACTED].
Fuck Spanfeller.
Congrats to Gita for joining Motherboard and hellllllllll yes to her being on Waypoint Radio
Congrats to Gita for joining Motherboard and hellllllllll yes to her being on Waypoint Radio
Already said she's joining Motherboard/Waypoint. And I really, really don't think she would want to A.) re-gear what she does towards GB-style video output, and more importantly, B.) put up with the GB audience, which feels very counter to her style.
Anyway, good for them getting out, but man it feels like a real death knell for Kotaku and the GM Media sites as a whole.
Spanfeller destroyed fucking Deadspin, so I assume that he'll turn his wrath on those damned libruls at Kotaku, AVClub, and especially The Root in due time.
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Private equity firm Great Hill Partners owns all these sites. Jim Spanfeller is CEO of G/O Media and apparently played some role in investing in the acquisition, but I wouldn't call him the owner, exactly.
lol
Well, I don't have a Twitter account, so sending my love and support if you're still reading, Gita!
There's some useful context here in that memos were leaked today from Spanfeller regarding his desire to move Deadspin under The Onion's corporate structure, move the entity to Chicago, and walk away from negotiations with the GMG Union. Whether or not this is directly related to these two leaving is unknown, but his idiocy still abounds.
I fully expect more G/O Media employees to jump ship as The Herb continues his disastrous run as Tough Mr. Businessboy.
I fully expect more G/O Media employees to jump ship as The Herb continues his disastrous run as Tough Mr. Businessboy.
technically the owner is a group of profit maximizing suits (Green Hill Partners, who would sell or chop up the entire enterprise faster than a mouse could sneeze if they felt like it) that treat the entirely of the journalistic operation that was Gawker Media and its employees, IP, tech, and most important, relationships and connections as no different than you would treat the 500 shares of IBM your grandpa got you when you were born. To them it is a financialized asset and nothing more.
So, his private equity firm bought the Gizmodo Media Group sites/AV Club and the Onion from Univision almost a year ago. A few months ago, he gave the sports site Deadspin an editorial mandate to "stick to sports", which did not go well given that Deadspin was known for not sticking to sports. He then fired Deadspin's very popular deputy editor, which caused their entire staff to walk out. He tried getting some freelancers to keep the site alive, but the response was so vitriolic that it failed, and Deadspin hasn't had a new post in like three months.
I wonder how long it'll be before Spanfeller starts deleting comments and "edits" this piece to remove the references to him.
Five minutes? Ten minutes? An hour? He's stupid enough to try it.
Five minutes? Ten minutes? An hour? He's stupid enough to try it.
Nice. Hoping for even more tasty socialism in her future pieces.
Part of me thinks it's great that these people are willing to publicly bash their management as they exit and part of me wonders what they think they'll accomplish at the cost of potentially making other.. well.. managers, not want to hire them.
Praise them for their honestly, but worry about the cost for them.
Praise them for their honestly, but worry about the cost for them.
I loved Deadspin and miss it every day. The fact that we haven't gotten a Dick Joke Jambaroo in months because of this herb should be a crime.
Most of the Deadspin folks went out with very blatant middle fingers, and with the exception of Drew have gotten full-time jobs.
Kotaku are doing it right. Holding themselves as a company accountable by not ignoring the toxic shit behind the scenes. I triple dare you to fire Jason - he would only become more powerful than many could imagine.
and you'd have fuck all you herb
and you'd have fuck all you herb
oh no! more people leaving Kotaku is really sad.....
their conversation was brutally honest — i wonder when that page will be taken down by Spamfellow....
their conversation was brutally honest — i wonder when that page will be taken down by Spamfellow....