Overview
- Condé Nast dismissed four employees following an in-office confrontation over the folding of Teen Vogue into Vogue and other recent cuts.
- The company filed a federal complaint accusing the NewsGuild of New York of repeatedly disregarding the collective bargaining agreement.
- Those terminated were identified as Alma Avalle of Bon Appétit, Jake Lahut of WIRED, Jasper Lo of The New Yorker, and Ben Dewey of Condé Nast Entertainment.
- Semafor reported that more than a dozen staffers gathered outside HR chief Stan Duncan’s office seeking answers before being told to return to work.
- Condé Nast said the conduct amounted to "extreme misconduct," while the union called the firings illegal and pledged to fight them, adding that there were no layoffs at WIRED this week according to the company.