Awful Announcing
Vox has demonstrated abhorrent management with SB Nation for several years. Their latest move there comes in finally giving SB Nation a senior vice president, but giving that role to the man who oversaw its destruction.
Three long-running lawsuits against Vox Media from former SB Nation site managers and contributors have now been settled.
Vox Media is only bringing back around 30 percent of the pool of furloughed employees that didn't take buyouts. The others, and some who weren't furloughed, have been caught in a new wave of layoffs.
It looks like Vox is set to announce that many of the writers it furloughed won't be coming back. That will have a significant impact on SB Nation and Banner Society.
SB Nation and Banner Society saw several further long-time employees leave permanently Friday.
Hall was one of the many SB Nation and Banner Society employees furloughed from May through July. He announced Tuesday he's taken a buyout.
The Vox cutbacks focus on "revenue areas where short-term demand will be lower," including sports.
This move saw SB Nation criticized both by current contractors and by overall critics of their business model.
The plaintiffs' lawyers have sent a notice sent to "all current or former Site Managers and Managing Editors" since March 2015 asking if they want to join this class, with a response requested by June 3.
These cuts look like a response to Facebook's ever-shifting priorities.
SB Nation team site staffers will not be included in the union, which nonetheless promises to look out for their interests.
Former Mile High Hockey site manager Cheryl Bradley is suing SB Nation on behalf of a class of site managers, alleging that they are employees, not contractors.
Facebook is paying some companies to make content for them while opening up its ad tools to others.
