The rise of ALLCITY

[Small Town Guy]

CHGO Sports lays off 5 front-facing staffers as part of new content plan, resource allocation

Judging by some tweets, seems the people affected learned about it from the paper breaking the story.

 

[Shelbyville Manhattan]

One of their people let go in Denver:

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Same as it ever was.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Sounds like The Fall Of ALLCITIES.

 

[MileHigh]

Total of 16 layoffs.

16 layoffs hit ALLCITY, parent company of sports startup DNVR

 

[MeanGreenATO]

Based on the way the layoffs were described, I wonder if they pulled the plug on underperforming beats.

The sad part is that baseball and hockey coverage doesn't seem profitable enough for anyone to truly staff, which is mind-blowing to think about.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Based on the way the layoffs were described, I wonder if they pulled the plug on underperforming beats.

The sad part is that baseball and hockey coverage doesn't seem profitable enough for anyone to truly staff, which is mind-blowing to think about.

Unfortunately, it makes a lot of sense for the bean counterse. They've turned into niche sports. Acres and acres of open spaces in a lot of press boxes during the regular season.