1up.com News
As many of you may have heard, 1up.com has recently been sold to UGO, but what happens soon after is what hits home the hardest. Soon after taking over the throne of 1up, the exec's at UGO decided to lay off most of 1up's staff. The current list includes:
If you are familiar with 1up, and it's staff, you realize that many of those names are executives and/or some of the greatest writers on 1up, and in the business in my opinion. Not much else to say but, for me, 1up is official dead. I hope all the laid off get greats jobs somewhere else and do great.
For a full lengthy post on this, visit Jeff Green's blog: http://jeff-greenspeak.blogspot.com/2009/01/no-youre-not-same-1up.html
The VGToday Crew
Adrian Frieg
Amy Mishra
Amy Moran
Andrea Garcia
Andrew Fitch
Andrew "Skip" Pfister
Anthony Gallegos
Cesar Quintero
Christina Rosa
CoyLou Steel
Derek Chinn
Doug Parsons
Eric Ellis
Giancarlo Varanini
Greg Ford
James "Milkman" Mielke
Jason Bertrand
Jason Wilson
Jervilyn Jaramillo
Justin Frechette
Leslie Gelfand
Marci Yamaguchi
Matt Chandronait
May Tong
Meredith Stowe
Michael Donahoe
Monique Convertito
Ndubuisi Madu
Nick Suttner
Norris Boothe
Philip Kollar
Rey Serrano
Robert Bowen
Rosemary Pinkham
Ryan O'Donnell
Ryan Scott
Shane Bettenhausen
Simon Cox
Tammy Ross
Tipler Ubbelohde
Amy Mishra
Amy Moran
Andrea Garcia
Andrew Fitch
Andrew "Skip" Pfister
Anthony Gallegos
Cesar Quintero
Christina Rosa
CoyLou Steel
Derek Chinn
Doug Parsons
Eric Ellis
Giancarlo Varanini
Greg Ford
James "Milkman" Mielke
Jason Bertrand
Jason Wilson
Jervilyn Jaramillo
Justin Frechette
Leslie Gelfand
Marci Yamaguchi
Matt Chandronait
May Tong
Meredith Stowe
Michael Donahoe
Monique Convertito
Ndubuisi Madu
Nick Suttner
Norris Boothe
Philip Kollar
Rey Serrano
Robert Bowen
Rosemary Pinkham
Ryan O'Donnell
Ryan Scott
Shane Bettenhausen
Simon Cox
Tammy Ross
Tipler Ubbelohde
If you are familiar with 1up, and it's staff, you realize that many of those names are executives and/or some of the greatest writers on 1up, and in the business in my opinion. Not much else to say but, for me, 1up is official dead. I hope all the laid off get greats jobs somewhere else and do great.
For a full lengthy post on this, visit Jeff Green's blog: http://jeff-greenspeak.blogspot.com/2009/01/no-youre-not-same-1up.html
The VGToday Crew
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