The media industry has been in freefall for longer than most of us can remember, but the devastation of late has been happening at warp speed. Workers at newspapers, magazines, and websites across the US are playing a game of musical chairs that is devastating to both their personal livelihoods and the preservation of democracy.
In the last few weeks alone, Vice announced the dissolution of its website and layoffs of hundreds of staff, the Wall Street Journal gutted a raft of positions, the Los Angeles Times slashed more than 100 jobs, Condé Nast laid off employees at Pitchfork, and Sports Illustrated announced it was eliminating nearly all of the positions across its brand.
