Where the hell we gonna steal local stuff now? Guess we're stuck w/ mynewsLA,
whence this, but they're not nearly as amusing as
laist was.
Lights out at LAist: Local news site shuts down
Local news website LAist was abruptly shut down Thursday, along with sister sites in four other cities, with the owner citing rising expenses but critics suggesting the action was a response to a unionization vote by reporters and editors at its New York locations.
Joe Ricketts, the founder of TD Ameritrade and owner of the “ist” websites in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, wrote
in a message posted on the sites that “businesses need to be economically successful if they are to endure.”
Yes, the same Trumpazoid shitheel Ricketts who owns the loser Chicago Cubs. Speech has never been less free.
New York Times:DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shutting Down — A week ago, reporters and editors in the combined newsroom of DNAinfo and Gothamist, two of New York City's leading digital purveyors of local news, celebrated victory in their vote to join a union. — On Thursday, they lost their jobs …
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