Losing city editions of Eater is definitely a blow to local food coverage. The site always seemed underfunded relative to the scope of what editors were expected to cover, and there were complaints about their reliance on PR, but without them it's going to be even harder for new and overlooked restaurants to get press.
Vox Media Layoffs Leave Thrillist Essentially Shuttered, Eater 'Blindsided'
"This close to holidays, their callousness is especially galling," the Vox Media Union and Writers Guild of America East say in a joint statement
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