Walmart-backed gaming publication lays off editorial team
In December 2024, Walmart did something perhaps out of character: It helped start a video gaming news website. But the publication's editor-in-chief said she has been laid off alongside the "entire editorial team."
In December 2024, Walmart helped launch a gaming news website called Restart.run. The publication, created by Moonrock, aimed to provide independent gaming news with the initial tagline "independent gaming news powered by Walmart." However, Brandy Berthelson, the editor-in-chief at Restart, announced last Friday that the entire editorial team had been laid off.
Colleagues such as editors Jesse Vitelli and Imran Khan, as well as deals writer Myles Obenza, also confirmed their separation from the company. The news was reported by Aftermath, a worker-owned gaming news site.
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