Scummy Fuck Joe Ricketts Shuts Down DNAinfo, Gothamist After Writers Unionize
by Samer Kalaf on The Concourse, shared by Samer Kala from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#36VSP)
Joe Ricketts, TD Ameritrade founder, billionaire, and father of Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts, shut down the local news network of DNAinfo and Gothamist sites today, a week after the writers voted to unionize. Anyone attempting to reach one of the sites was redirected to this letter: