Louise Bernard, with Ophélie Artaud 9:52 a.m., November 24, 2022

While a few days ago, almost all of Gamekult's editorial staff specializing in video games announced his departure.

The reason ?

The arrival of a new shareholder, Reworld Media.

Journalists were asked to leave the editorial office quickly on Monday.

If they decided to take the assignment clause, linked to the change of owner of the media, they had to keep their posts until December 7th. 

A few days ago, the journalists of the site specializing in video games

Gamekult

announced via a press release on Twitter the departure of almost all of their editorial staff as of December 7.

A decision taken after the arrival of the new shareholder Reworld Media, whose practices make the headlines and have already pushed many journalists to leave in other newsrooms which it has acquired.

But less than a week later, it was impossible for the journalists of Gamekult to write on the website and especially to do their last show, that of saying goodbye to their readers and impossible to set foot in the newsroom again.

The Liberation

newspaper

reports that journalists were asked to pack their boxes quickly earlier than expected on Monday.

Waiver of notice

Almost all of this editorial staff decided to leave following a change of shareholder.

But, while they had to continue working until December 7, they were finally exempted from their notice. 

Your attention please,


The editorial staff of Gamekult is leaving Gamekult.

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— Gamekult (@Gamekult) November 17, 2022

A few days before, they had dedicated an entire show on Twitch to announce and explain the reasons for this collective departure.

They had done it with great caution, even if the spectators had understood, between the lines, that they feared for their editorial independence. 

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This is one of the reasons that led journalists to take this assignment clause, a device is provided in the event of a change of owner of a media, which allows journalists to take the initiative to terminate their contract. of work and to benefit from indemnities as in the context of a dismissal.