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Jezebel, the sharp-edged feminist website founded at the height of blogosphere era, is shutting down after 16 years

Jezebel established itself as an influential voice in feminist commentary years before the explosion of the #Metoo movement pushed issues of gender and power to the forefront of mainstream media coverage.

G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller said "the audiences we serve across our network did not align with Jezebel’s."

Jezebel, the sharp-edged feminist website founded at the height of blogosphere era, is shutting down after 16 years. Its parent company, G/O Media, said Thursday that 23 staffers would be laid off, including Jezebel’s team, as part of a restructuring to cope with economic headwinds and a difficult digital advertising environment. The company also announced the departure of G/O Media editorial director Merrill Brown. In a memo to the company, G/0 Media CEO Jim Spanfeller said he made the de...

The sites seven editorial staffers have been laid off, along with 16 other staffers across G/O.

Feminist website founded at the height of blogosphere era is shutting down after 16 years

Jezebel, the sharp-edged feminist website founded at the height of blogosphere era, is shutting down after 16 years. Its parent company, G/O Media, said Thursday that 23 staffers would be laid off, including Jezebel’s team, as part of a restructuring to cope with economic headwinds and a difficult digital advertising environment. The company also announced the departure of G/O Media editorial director Merrill Brown. In a memo to the company, G/0 Media CEO Jim Spanfeller said he made the de...

The set is a claustrophobic flat, the clothes are baggy, the prop is a gaming console … this three-part show lets us peer into its characters’ lives

The recent announcement that The Lily — The Washington Post’s hub for gender and identity coverage — was signing off for good marks a discouraging trend, argue Cecile Richards and Lauren Peterson. Harking back to the advent of “women’s pages” and connecting the dots to the present, they argue that recent events prove gender issues in the 21st century are a mainstream, not a marginal, consideration and that media coverage should reflect that reality.

Staff Writer Elijah Bodinetz in conversation with co-artistic director Anna Holmes, discussing the imminent production of ‘Shed’. On October 28, Yorkshire-based dance-theatre company, Northern Rascals, make their London debut at the Place Theatre, with their exciting and thought-provoking production, ‘Shed’. I recently spoke to the talented writer and co-artistic director for Northern Rascals, Anna Holmes, […]