Tag: Shutters

WAMU shutters local news site DCist, axes 15 staffers

Washington’s National Public Radio affiliate WAMU shuttered its local news website DCist and laid off 15 employees Friday morning, citing a desire to shift away from digital journalism. The cuts targeted online news coverage on social issues such as climate change, immigration and criminal justice as part of a strategy to refocus on radio programming, […]

Vice Media shutters website, lays off hundreds

Vice Media has ceased publishing content on its website and has fired much of its news staff, effectively ending over a decade of info operations. According to a memo sent to employees from CEO Bruce Dixon on Thursday, the company had to make cuts to stay above water. No exact numbers for layoffs have been […]