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Jezebel bites the dust

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ArthurbellaScott · 10/11/2023 12:51

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67372543

'Feminist media site Jezebel is suspending publication, as its owner reckons with a downturn in online advertising.
G/O Media chief Jim Spanfeller announced the move in a memo to staff, calling it an "excruciating" decision.
Founded in 2007 under the Gawker Media umbrella, Jezebel pioneered the sharp, dishy coverage that came to characterise many digital upstarts.
Its suspension follows woes at other new media firms.
Mr Spanfeller said he had hoped G/O - which also publishes sites such as The Onion, Jalopnik and Gizmodo - would be able to steer through "dark times" in the industry, but "could hold out no longer".
He said Jezebel's model did not mesh with the strategy for its other, more niche publications.'

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Jezebel: Feminist media site shuts down after 16 years

A downturn in advertising led to the "excruciating" decision, its owner said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67372543

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tiredofbeingadmired · 10/11/2023 13:16

Yep. No loss at all. I actually was pleased when I saw the news - never thought I would feel that way about a feminist publication but they fully threw women under the bus.

CliantheLang · 10/11/2023 13:14

It was a very, very libfem, sex-pozzy kind.

The funny thing is all the red-pillers on Twitter are celebrating because they think anything called "feminism" is man-hating.

Mind you, they would never bother reading anything by a woman much less a feminist (Harry Potter doesn't count) but they're sure they know everything about it anyway.

Edit: I'm sure they were horrified when they grew up and realised that JKR was both female AND feminist.

IcakethereforeIam · 10/11/2023 13:13

No great loss then.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 10/11/2023 13:10

It wasn't really either, it was TRA central, hating "TERFs and SWERFs"

IcakethereforeIam · 10/11/2023 13:06

I'd heard about this. Tbh I don't know anything much about it. Was it GC or 'be kind'?

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