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News - Unknown number of layoffs at GameSpot following Red Ventures deal - xSicKxBot - 10-13-2020

Unknown number of layoffs at GameSpot following Red Ventures deal

<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/unknown-number-of-layoffs-at-gamespot-following-red-ventures-deal.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>A unknown number of GameSpot employees have been laid off following its acquisition by Red Ventures.&nbsp;</p>
<p>GameSpot senior social producer Ashley Oh,&nbsp;branded content editor Will Fulton, Australian editor and senior video producer Edmond Tran, host and producer Jess&nbsp;McDonell, and producer Tony Wilson&nbsp;all&nbsp;announced their departures on Twitter, and some&nbsp;indicated the redundancies are&nbsp;linked to the recent Red Ventures deal.&nbsp;</p>
<p>“Since GameSpot/CNET were sold and it’s not yet clear whether I’ll still have a job in a month, please get at me if you know of any open positions that need a smart weirdo with lots of experience in storytelling, writing, and editing,”&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/thewillennium/status/1306671000793223168">wrote Fulton on September 17</a>, before&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/thewillennium/status/1314259888709615616">confirming his departure in a follow-up tweet on October 8</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Red Ventures agreed to buy CNET Media Group, which also includes brands like Metacritic, Giant Bomb, and CNET, in a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/370125/ViacomCBS_sells_Metacritic_GameSpot_others_to_Red_Ventures_in_500_million_deal.php">$500 million deal last month</a>. Commenting on the layoffs in a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-10-08-layoffs-at-gamespot">statement to GamesIndustry.biz</a>, the company said it would “retain a vast majority” of staff, thereby confirming (in a rather roundabout way) that some would be let go.&nbsp;</p>
<p>“As part of Red Ventures acquisition agreement with&nbsp;ViacomCBS, Red Ventures will retain a vast majority of CNET Media Group employees and assets under the Red Ventures business umbrella,” said the company.&nbsp;“The deal has not closed and to protect the privacy of our employees we cannot release additional information at this time.”</p>
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