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Re:Jezebel to shut down after 16 years as parent company lay... by chikenf00t on Thursday November 09, 2023 @01:55PM (#38209242)
Out of curiosity, what media outlets are you referring to?
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Re:Jezebel to shut down after 16 years as parent company lay... by bashinator on Thursday November 09, 2023 @02:05PM (#38209391)
Not a corporation, but I've certainly seen that reaction to any number of subreddits getting shut down.
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Re:Jezebel to shut down after 16 years as parent company lay... by Manuel_D on Thursday November 09, 2023 @02:27PM (#38209721)
Right, but that's not analogous to a media company going out of business. Nobody deplatformed Jezebel. Credit card companies, web hosting services, nobody refused to do business with Jezebel. There just weren't enough consumers of their content to make it profitable.

That's not the same situation as an otherwise successful outlet being deplatformed or cut off from commercial services.

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Re:Jezebel to shut down after 16 years as parent company lay... by hightrix on Thursday November 09, 2023 @02:29PM (#38209766)
A subreddit being shutdown is not even barely related to a company going out of business. The reactions should be very different.
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