Many in the action sport media business have been asking what Wasserman Media Group was doing spending so much money on their Sportnet property. It appears someone inside the company asked the same question and answered by cutting 41 percent of the staff.
Twenty-eight of the group’s 68 employees were laid off late Friday, including Gabe Huerta, VP-product development, and a number of others from product development and support.
An email to Luke McDonough, the former president of Studio 411 was returned with the following message: As of November 21st 2008, Luke McDonough is no longer an employee at Wasserman Media Group/Sportnet.” And the recently launched Snowboarder.com has cut recently hired editor James Sullivan and is reportedly being run by a “project manager” at the company.
Some would say it was only a matter of time.
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all of the skateboard.com staff got whacked, too – Chris Ortiz photographer, Erik Bragg filmer, Nate Sherwood good and writer, etc.
Ortiz? worthless old photog who got the grandfather pass via 411. Don’t want to lose a job? Try showing up at the office.
Sherwood? That kid needs to take a fucking ritalin and embrace his future career as the third best WalMart greeter in the greater Southern Claifornia region.
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