Joe Ricketts shutters DNAinfo and Gothamist

November 2, 2017: A day that will be infamous in U.S. journalism history.

Below is what DNAinfo, staff, readers and advertisers were greeted by when they went to DNAinfo’s New York City and Chicago website that Thursday.

More about this from…

Crain’s Chicago Business’ Lynne Marek: DNAinfo Chicago shuts down

NPR: Billionaire Owner Shuts Down DNAinfo, Gothamist Sites A Week After Workers UnionizeAndreaVWatson

Chicago Tribune’s Robert Channick: DNAinfo, Gothamist news sites shut down by billionaire Joe Ricketts after union vote

Chicago Sun-Times’ Mitchell Armentrout: Joe Ricketts closes DNAinfo after blasting ‘corrosive’ union dynamic

New York Times: DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shut Down After Vote to Unionize

New York Times: A Billionaire Destroyed His Newsrooms Out of Spite

Joe Rickett’s Blog: Why I’m Against Unions At Business I Create

Andrea V. Watson: My Company Abruptly Shutdown; Now What?

Newsweek: Gothamist and DNAinfo Are the Latest Victims of the Billionaire War on Journalism

WTTW’s Chicago Tonight: DNAinfo and the Challenge of Hyperlocal News

Jocelyn Geboy: How The Dismantling Of DNA Info And Chicagoist Hurt Us All

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