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Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators by bigstrat2003 on Saturday May 10, 2025 @11:40PM (#43951162)
> to Jeff Gerstmann getting fired AGAIN

Hold up what? I didn't know that. It seems insane to fire the man from the organization he co-founded.

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Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators by cube00 on Saturday May 10, 2025 @11:44PM (#43951176)
Once the VCs get involved you will soon find the company you founded is no longer the company you work at.
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Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators by bigstrat2003 on Sunday May 11, 2025 @12:48AM (#43951480)
Yeah I suppose. It just is shocking to me, because for me Giant Bomb was Jeff (and Ryan, may he rest in peace). Hard to fathom the site without him, but so it goes I guess.
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Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators by lazide on Sunday May 11, 2025 @03:45AM (#43952137)
Things change, and sometimes require you to change in ways you’re not okay with to stay/have it keep working.

So either change yourself, leave (if you can), or get pushed out (if you’re not majority control). Or everything grinds to a halt.

It isn’t just companies.

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Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators by RevEng on Sunday May 11, 2025 @12:34AM (#43951407)
It happens. Our CTO "resigned" about 6 years after we started our VC funded startup. He sold his shares to the rest of the investors. It wasn't his choice to leave.
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Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators by riffraff on Sunday May 11, 2025 @02:44AM (#43951903)
You're gonna be blown away if you read a bit of Apple's history ;)
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Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators by phatfish on Sunday May 11, 2025 @10:17AM (#43953991)
Jeff chats about some recent history on his podcast from a few days ago.

https://youtu.be/bQiGkSCQN7o?t=165

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