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here is the thing about shutting down the Gothamist, et al, that I don't really get

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Nov 2 '17, 17:36

its a website, there is no real capital there, all the value is in the labor

couldn't they just start up new? I mean making payroll may be a bitch at first but it is doable.

Its not like they are losing access to printing presses and delivery trucks.

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It does take funding. They reportedly lost money every single month they existed. -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 18:10 2
- which is why he can just shut it down without repercussion. -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 18:16
- how dare he close down! -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 18:16
I blame Professor Pyg -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 17:46 1
- so we all just have to wait a few years for a kid to grow up and whip things into order -- nm - crash davis Nov 2, 18:14
The writers will have incentive to leave for other jobs with more security, funding for stories, etc -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 17:39 1
- I definitely understand the desire for security, but an eff you can be satisfying (since I don't have to pay their rent) -- nm - crash davis Nov 2, 17:50
You can’t shut down a business due to union activity and restart that same business immediately. - spamlet Nov 2, 17:39 8
- I mean he owns the website, and this might be hard ball negotiating. But the value is in the writers, - crash davis Nov 2, 17:42 3
  - I'm no law talking guy, but a non-compete (which are often hard to enforce in the first place) seems super impossible when the business you'd be - Reagen Nov 2, 17:51 1
    - ah, thank you -- nm - crash davis Nov 2, 17:54
  - They can totally do that and many have. - spamlet Nov 2, 17:43
- "Gothamish.com" -- nm - prayformojo Nov 2, 17:41 1
  - Gothameh.com -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 17:45
- Though it worked on Mad Men -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 17:40 1
  - That was the employees starting it, wasn't it? -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 17:40

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