Bloomberg just bought CityLab and put half its reporters out of a job

Re:Bloomberg just bought CityLab and put half its reporters ... by nabilhat on Friday December 13, 2019 @10:01PM (#21787508)

It's not about the nine people. It's about the perceived guileless neutering of a media outlet by a far more powerful entity with financial attachments to a financially formidable presidential candidate.

Of course, it's too early to know if the perceived outcome is the intended or actual outcome. Whatever the outcome, this is still an event remarkable far beyond the bounds of those nine journalist's social circles, regardless of where the actual cause falls on the continuum between incompetence and malice.

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Re:Bloomberg just bought CityLab and put half its reporters ... by mc32 on Friday December 13, 2019 @10:16PM (#21787570)

But they were let go before the deal happened, so if anyone is the baddie it's CityLab/The Atlanic itself!

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Re:Bloomberg just bought CityLab and put half its reporters ... by busterarm on Friday December 13, 2019 @11:46PM (#21787879)

Well, the remaining folks could have gone anywhere, but now that they're employees of Bloomberg Media, they're expressly forbidden for writing anything _critical_ of any Democratic candidate for President.

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