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The Games Press Episode 15: Patricia Hernandez (Former Editor-in-Chief at Kotaku)
🕑 Added 2023-08-23 13:39:31 +0000 UTCPatricia Hernandez is now the former Editor-in-Chief of Kotaku, having been fired from the position just a few days ago. In today's episode we're going to be talking to her about what's happened and digging into the increasingly strained relationship between Kotaku's editorial team and the company which owns the site itself, G/O Media.
"I can't really go into specifics about the reason because it does involve other staffers and their personal information, so I just want to be sensitive to that. But I will say it was a deeply G/O Media reason. It's all been pretty disappointing.
I feel like, in some ways, maybe it was for the best. I was opening my notes app and kind of scrolling through it and came across a resignation letter that I wrote literally a year ago."
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TJ Michael
This is extremely disappointing to hear, I've been a Kotaku reader for almost 15 years now, lasted through the introduction of Kinja, the SOPA PIPA protests (/lack thereof), and the times we shall not name (and that was just the first 5 years). I can't imagine how frustrating it must have been to run the site in its current state under Great Hill Partners. The site has a voice, and that voice is its writers, I hope that one day it can be free of the sea witch's curse known as "private equity", even if it has to adopt a new home the way Defector ended up doing.
