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Assessing the damage at 1UP [update]
While Ziff-Davis CEO Jason Young's message to his company -- including current 1UP Network staff -- today, along with coordinated press releases regarding 1UP's sale to UGO, painted a picture of strength in (and growth of) the 1UP brand, we've begun to hear reports quite to the contrary. Several ...
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MMOG Nation — ... — including current 1UP Network staff — today, along with coordinated press releases regarding 1UP’s sale to UGO, painted a picture of strength in (and growth of) the 1UP brand, we’ve begun to hear reports quite to the contrary. Several key members of the 1UP staff have announced their termination via Twitter messages and posts to the NeoGAF forums. As Joystiq has pointed out, pretty much everybody that made 1up what it was has been let go as part of the UGO brand acquisition. They even fired Milky. How can you fucking fire Milky? Seriously? One of the only high level writers ...

1UP layoffs and the ripples therein
Massively — ... at Massively strive for in our own features. Whether it was podcasts like Legendary Thread or the infamous live reading of a certain Age of Conan incident on GFW Radio, the group working at 1UP were always in it to entertain,... Continue reading 1UP layoffs and the ripples therein 1UP layoffs and the ripples therein originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.   Read | Permalink | Email this |  ...

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