Billionaire Joe Ricketts Shuts Down Gothamist and DNAinfo
- Editorial staffs of websites voted last week to unionize
- Homepages redirect to letter from CEO announcing decision
Joe Ricketts
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DNAinfo and Gothamist, which chronicled the daily grind of New York City life, are shutting down in the latest sign of struggle for online media.
The decision to close both sites was announced in a letter posted on their homepages by billionaire Joe Ricketts, their chief executive officer. While he attributed the decision to the costs involved in operating the site, he didn’t mention a vote last week by editorial staffs of both websites to unionize with the Writers Guild of America.