Vox’s sports site hit hard as a company amid company layoffs

Sportswriters were hit hard Friday by Vox’s layoffs, which cut 7% of its workforce (about 130 employees).

“Unfortunately, in this economic climate, we have not been able to sustain our projects and areas of our business that are not performing as expected are where we see the greatest opportunity in the years to come, or where we It’s not the core of where we don’t have, and there’s ample evidence to support continued investment in things that could prolong the recession,” Vox CEO Jim Bankoff wrote in a note to employees. I have written. “Despite the dedication of the many talented people involved in these initiatives, they must be scaled back.”

Throughout the day, many sportswriters announced that the position had been removed.

Nate Wilcox, founding editor of critically acclaimed mixed martial arts site Bloody Elbow, said: tweeted that he was fired “Remind me 15 minutes before”.

“Well, after all the emails and phone calls, my luck seems to have run out. My time at Vox is coming to an end.” Anthony Irwin tweet, contributed to the Lakers blog Silver Screen and Roll. “Pod He’s very blessed to be leading the team @LakersSBN. This site has helped it grow into the monster it is today.”

SB Nation was the first division of the entire Vox Media empire and has now grown to include Vox, Eater, Recode, The Verge and Curbed. They acquired legacy outlet New York Magazine.In recent years, the company has largely downplayed its sports ambitions.

Ryan Nanni was a college football personality who had a large early profile on social media with his Twitter handle CelebrityHotTub. announced he was out

“Yeah, I’m off today. I will miss working with the talented people at @secretbase, but I know they’ll keep up the good work,” Nanni tweeted.

“Freed from @SBNation / @voxmedia for over 7 years” murmured Graphic creator Hector Diaz. “SB Nation had global talent in those years and still does.

Kat Archer, SB Nation’s social media manager, said his time there was over.

“I was part of the layoffs today” Archer murmured“In our 5+ years at SB Nation, we have done a lot of good work and I am really proud of it. The Social team does a lot more than people realize. They really reach out to every part of the company.Invest in your social team, trust them, believe in them.”

Hockey writer Steph Driver said, “Today I was fired. I always thought I was leaving Vox and SB Nation of my own accord, but today they chose to leave hockey coverage. I don’t know what happens next for me, I’m a little shell-shocked, but here it is, the Steph Driver is on the market.”

Terrible Announcement It was announced in detail that many employees at SB Nation will be retiring from maintaining team-specific hockey and soccer blogs.