{"id":23447,"date":"2023-01-24T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/washington-post-shutting-down-gaming-section-amid-wider-layoffs\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T19:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:55:00","slug":"washington-post-shutting-down-gaming-section-amid-wider-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/washington-post-shutting-down-gaming-section-amid-wider-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Shutting Down Gaming Section Amid Wider Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The<\/em> <em>Washington Post<\/em> imposed more layoffs on Tuesday just a week after owner Jeff Bezos visited its Washington D.C. office. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarafischer\/status\/1617960580719194113?s=20&amp;amp;t=EqWAWdsOBp3GgC0V1Li-ug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Among the ritual sacrifices will be Launcher,<\/a> the newspaper\u2019s burgeoning gaming section, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video-games\/2022\/05\/04\/tsm-andy-dinh-misclassification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">which routinely<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video-games\/2022\/10\/21\/g4-shutdown-froskurinn-comcast-twitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">broke important<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video-games\/2022\/12\/08\/diablo-iv-release-date-crunch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video-games\/2021\/12\/03\/game-awards-announcements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">landed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video-games\/2022\/05\/03\/nintendo-contractors-reggie-fils-aime\/?itid=ap_genepark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">big interviews<\/a>, and asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video-games\/2022\/11\/29\/sitting-toilet-10-minutes-phone-nintendo-switch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the tough questions<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/washington-post-launcher-layoffs-giant-bomb-games-media-1850025471\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post imposed more layoffs on Tuesday just a week after owner Jeff Bezos visited its Washington D.C. office. Among the ritual sacrifices will be Launcher, the newspaper\u2019s burgeoning gaming section, which routinely broke important news stories, landed big interviews, and asked the tough questions. 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