Pitchfork is merging with fellow Conde Nast property GQ, resulting in the layoff of staffers, together with Pitchfork’s editor-in-chief.
Conde Nast will merge music publication Pitchfork with its fellow property, males’s journal GQ, resulting in the layoff of staffers at Pitchfork, together with editor-in-chief Puja Patel. The modifications have been announced in an organization memo by Conde Nast chief content material officer and world editorial director of Vogue, Anna Wintour.
“Immediately we’re evolving our Pitchfork workforce construction by bringing the workforce into the GQ group. This determination was made after a cautious analysis of Pitchfork’s efficiency and what we imagine is the very best path ahead for our model in order that our protection of music can proceed to thrive throughout the firm,” writes Wintour.
“Each Pitchfork and GQ have distinctive and invaluable ways in which they strategy music journalism, and we’re thrilling for the brand new prospects collectively,” Wintour continues, explaining that with the organizational modifications, “a few of our Pitchfork colleagues will probably be leaving the corporate at the moment.” Wintour additionally famous that Pitchfork workers members will probably be listening to “extra about their reporting construction in conferences this week.”
Conde Nast has not confirmed what number of staffers are being let go, however the checklist consists of options editor Jill Mapes, who took to Twitter to announce the lack of her place: “I’ve referred to my job at Pitchfork as being on a ferris wheel at closing time, simply ready for them to yank me down. After almost 8 years, mass layoffs received me; glad we may spend that point making an attempt to make it a much less dude-ish place only for GQ to finish up on the helm.”
The most recent modifications observe Conde Nast CEO Roger Lynch’s announcement in November that the corporate was seeking to layoff round 300 staff, or about 5% of the whole workforce, along with taking different steps to chop prices.
Pitchfork was based in 1996 by indie music aficionado Ryan Schreiber. Conde Nast bought the digital music publication in 2015.