Posted on 11/12/2023 12:40:45 PM PST by Salman
Jezebel, a feminist US news site, was shut down by its owners on Thursday, with 23 people laid off and no plans for the outlet to resume publication.
G/O Media, which owns Jezebel and other sites including Gizmodo and the Onion, announced the closure in a memo to staff, which was obtained by the Guardian.
“Unfortunately, our business model and the audiences we serve across our network did not align with Jezebel’s,” Jim Spanfeller, the chief executive of G/O Media, wrote in the memo, which was sent to staff on Thursday morning.
“And when that became clear, we undertook an expansive search for a new, perhaps better home that might ensure Jezebel a path forward. It became a personal mission of Lea Goldman, who worked tirelessly on the project, talking with over two dozen potential buyers.
“It is a testament to Jezebel’s heritage and bona fides that so many players engaged us. Still, despite every effort, we could not find Jez a new home.”
In response to the shuttering, the Writers Guild of America-East, which represents G/O Media staffers, issued a statement condemning Spanfeller.
“Jezebel has been a pillar of fearless journalism and important cultural commentary since 2007 and made an indelible mark on the media landscape,” the statement read, before adding: “A well-run company would have moved away from an advertising model, but instead they are shuttering the brand entirely because of their strategic and commercial ineptitude. Jezebel was a good website.”
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“And nothing of value was lost”. Now they just need to whack “The Root”.
They can’t define the word “Woman” anymore. Feminism is over.
Feminists don’t care about “Innocent Until Proven Guilty”.
Never heard of Jezebel. Nobody reads Gizmodo and the Onion anymore either.
Well, that whole "dedicating yourself to destroying capitalism" thing does have some downsides. :)
bye
They can shut down the woke and now painfully unfunny Onion while they're at it.
It's a shameful, embarrassing shadow of what it once was.
Why would anyone name a news service “Jezebel”?
“I heard about a king who was doing swell till he started messing with that evil Jezebel.”—Elvis Presley
“If ever the devil was born without a pair of horns, it was you, Jezebel, it was you.”—Frankie Laine
“Their new site, to be called Satan…”
They telegraph it.
Well, it’s better than being thrown over the castle wall and being eaten by dogs, I guess.
Did anyone get video of the wild dogs visiting the ground where Queen Jezebel’s corpse lay?
The Death of Jezebel has been depicted by various artists.
A powerful illustration of Scriptural admonition “The wages of sin is death.”
Good riddance to a site dedicated to evil
(Jezebel to shut down)
Hillary is going out of business?
The supply of childless lesbian cat ladies subscribers has apparently peaked.
Trannies killed the feminist movement. They didn’t see bitch bois with tits and a dress comin’!
You forgot being run over by Jehu in his chariot.
Well *done*, sir!
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