OMG!

Something'sHappeningHere
WhatItIsAin'tExactlyClear


I've been quite happily consuming what the Overstory Media Group (the real, actual acronym of the post title) have been dishing out around Greater Lotusland that last couple of years, especially the work of the folks at Capital City Daily.

But then, Monday, came the news of big layoffs that have essentially gutted the that specific outlet:

Overstory Media Group (OMG) has made another round of layoffs, focused on Victoria’s Capital Daily.

 Among those caught up in Monday’s job losses were managing editor Jimmy Thomson, who’d been with the digital publication since 2020; journalist and copy editor Jolene Rudisuela; and reporters Brishti Brasu and Shannon Waters...

Interestingly, the next day, Tuesday, came an announcement that many folks working for the company have decided to unionize:

The timing has some folks wondering, including at least one of the folks that was most recently let go from Capital City, if there was something pre-emptive in the timing of the layoffs...


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Interestingly, the legacy corpMedia 'round here has pretty much ignored the story so far...Where's a younger (i.e. still employed) version of Rod Mickleburgh when you need him?...Looks like we'll have to wait for Jesse Brown and Co. to shake the trees to learn anything further...
Ear Worm in the Subheader?...This!...(written by Stephen Stills not about the recent events at a Canuckistanian newMedia start-up but rather about the so-called curfew/youth riots on the Sunset Strip more than fifty years ago...Oh, and just in case you were wondering, Sonny and Cher were both there, like, digging the scene man).

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