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November 3, 2017

Billionaire Shuts Down Gothamist and DNAinfo a Week After Newsrooms Vote to Unionize
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And in New York City, the billionaire owner of the online news outlets
Gothamist and DNAinfo has shut down the websites, one week after the
newsrooms voted to unionize. Billionaire Joe Ricketts, who is also the
owner of the Chicago Cubs, fired all 115 workers at Gothamist and
DNAinfo. He's long been an opponent of unions, even posting on his
personal blog a commentary entitled "Why I'm Against Unions at
Businesses I Create." Both Gothamist and DNAinfo have been important
local news sites in New York for years. Among the final articles to be
published at Gothamist were an investigation into prison labor in New
York and an article about rise of anti-Semitic attacks in New York City.


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