G/O Media lays off journalists, including Linda Codega

Welp. This was sad, yet inevitable.

There was a time, long ago, when the Gawker (yes, that's what it was) collection of websites not only produced cutting-edge (and occasionally bleeding-edge) journalism and journalism-like substance, but also supported a thriving community.

And then, thanks to the lawfare that was bankrolled by Peter Thiel (if you aren't familiar with it, you can google it), that period came to a crashing end. From the (relatively) benign negligence of Univision, to the ... less than benign ownership of their current owners (the less said, the better), the writing has been on the wall for some time.

All good things come to end. Heck, I can still remember suck.com (link goes to wikipedia description, do NOT enter the url into your browser, because it's been co-opted by someone else).

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