Posted on 11/29/2018 11:14:49 AM PST by gaijin
New York (CNN Business)The digital news company Mic has laid off most of its staff, a spokesperson for the company confirmed.
The layoffs were first reported Thursday by Recode. It is not yet clear exactly how many employees were affected. Mic declined to comment beyond confirming the Recode report.
The company was founded in 2011, and for the past several years has branded itself as a news website geared toward millennials. Mic Publisher Cory Haik also resigned Thursday. In a note to staff that was obtained by CNN Business, Haik called journalism a "tough business."
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It’s a Drop the Mic moment.
Mic was founded in 2011 as PolicyMic by Chris Altchek and Jake Horowitz, two high school friends from New York.[5] In 2014, the company announced they would re-brand their organization to target millennials, renaming themselves as “Mic”.[8]
Since 2018, Mic has produced video content covering social justice and progressive issues, described as “serious issues important to young people”,[14] distributed through the Mic website and through social media.
Writing for Forbes in 2014, Abe Brown described PolicyMic’s style as hyperbolic, with a mix of serious analysis of issues and attention-seeking listicles.
Sounds like a case of good riddance.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Good riddance.
A more vile version of Buzzfeed
An extension of CNN disintegrating? How nice, hope to read more of the same.
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