Posted on 05/20/2015 2:44:19 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Ratter, a fledgling media company that sought to turn local tabloid-style reporting into viral national news, laid off its entire editorial staff Wednesday.
The startup, which hired staffers in the Bay Area and Los Angeles since its launch last November, let go “every single byline that was on that site,” founder A.J. Daulerio said.
But “It’s not shutting down,” according to Daulerio.
Despite its small size — before the lay-offs Ratter only had four full-time writers — the company had garnered media attention. That’s mainly because of the pedigree of its founder, A.J. Daulerio, a Gawker Media veteran best known for purchasing sexts and voicemails from NFL star Brett Favre and publishing them on the sports website Deadspin.
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FR.. still here after all those years ..
Que the disco ball..
We have hundreds of writers.
and we dont need no stinkin’editorial staff.. :-P
According to a spokesperson: “This is a long-planned move, and represents a normal re-balancing of editorial resources required to adjust to routine variations in the publishing business cycle.”
xlation.. No one is buying our crap.
What's their definition of "long-planned", given that they've been operating for about 6 months?
Their business plan called for hiring and laying off people?
Were those people potential competitors at the time, and it was a move to tie up those people long enough to disrupt any competition?
I actually made up that “quote.” It is a parody of the typical pronouncements of corporate spokespersons after the company they represent has laid off 98% of its employees and their founder is hiding from his investors and the IRS.
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