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Gaming news site Polygon gutted by massive layoffs amid sale to Valnet
Polygon cofounder says he’s “just completely sickened by this news.”…
Polygon Senior Reporter Nicole Carpenter, for instance, published a story about the Epic vs. Apple case at 10 am Eastern time this morning before sharing news of her layoff less than two hours later on Bluesky. Polygon was founded in 2012 when Vox Media spent significant money to poach top journalists from popular gaming blogs like Kotaku, Joystiq, and The Escapist. One contributor to Valnet-owned Collider told The Wrap last year that the site runs as "a content mill, borderline like almost sweatshop-level," with writers "constantly being pushed to write more, to do it quicker."
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