Ten Years Ago, Almost Everyone in Media Got Fired

Most survived. A few prospered. But those of us who went through it will never again feel truly safe at work.

Aaron Gell
GEN
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10 min readJan 8, 2019

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Back in 2008, the financial crisis kicked off a bloodbath for the media industry. Now, with the axe falling yet again at once-thriving outlets, a trip down memory lane.

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Aaron Gell
GEN
Writer for

Medium editor-at-large, with bylines in the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, the New York Times and numerous other publications. ¶ aarongell.com