Condé Nast, a global media company, immediately fired four reporters on Wednesday who confronted the head of Human Resources for violating company policy.
Among those fired were former WIRED reporter Jake Lahut, Alma Avalle from Bon Appétit, Jasper Lo from The New Yorker, and Ben Dewey from Condé Nast Entertainment, The NewsGuild of New York, a union that organizes Condé Nast employees, confirmed in a statement.
The confrontation resulted from Condé Nast’s announcement that Teen Vogue was being merged with its sister magazine, Vogue, resulting in multiple layoffs of its editor-in-chief and other staffers.
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In retaliation, over a dozen staffers at Condé Nast gathered outside of HR head Stan Duncan’s office and demanded to speak with him about the layoffs, sources told Semafor. Duncan told
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