Mathew Ingram on Gigaom’s Closing

Christopher Massie of Columbia Journalism Review interviews now-former Gigaom editor Mathew Ingram:

Q: Were there any indications that this was going to happen before Monday?

A: No.

Q: You were just totally blindsided?

A: Yeah. And I think the majority of staff were as well. We were writing right up until the announcement. We did get a new CEO [Michael Rolnick] recently, so I think people thought maybe there needed to be some changes — maybe some strategic changes — but there was literally no talk of even layoffs. There was no talk of having to cut back. There were no austerity measures. We just got a phone call Monday afternoon saying “Be on the phone in an hour.” And the CEO said they were shutting it down and we were all out of work.

Brutal.

★ Wednesday, 11 March 2015