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Elena Rossini ⁂
@_elena@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Earlier this week #TeenVogue was folded into #Vogue US and its parent company #CondeNast fired 6 reporters who fearlessly covered politics, speaking truth to power ("coincidentally" they were mostly BIPOC women or trans). Talk about capitulating to the current political climate.

I know it's not much, but this morning I canceled my #WIRED & #NewYorker subscriptions (also owned by Condé Nast)... and made sure to let them know my reason. Plus I added a note about their awful AI narrations #noAI

A screenshot showing the unsubscribe prompt from Condé Nast's New Yorker portal. I checked the reason for unsubscribing as "Other" and wrote: "I find Condé Nast's decision to fire Teen Vogue reporters who covered politics really disturbing. I won't support its publications anymore". And in "Is there anything else you''d like us to know?" I wrote "It would be great if you could stop using AI voices to narrate your articles"
A screenshot showing the unsubscribe prompt from Condé Nast's New Yorker portal. I checked the reason for unsubscribing as "Other" and wrote: "I find Condé Nast's decision to fire Teen Vogue reporters who covered politics really disturbing. I won't support its publications anymore". And in "Is there anything else you''d like us to know?" I wrote "It would be great if you could stop using AI voices to narrate your articles"
A screenshot showing the unsubscribe prompt from Condé Nast's New Yorker portal. I checked the reason for unsubscribing as "Other" and wrote: "I find Condé Nast's decision to fire Teen Vogue reporters who covered politics really disturbing. I won't support its publications anymore". And in "Is there anything else you''d like us to know?" I wrote "It would be great if you could stop using AI voices to narrate your articles"
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AnneH
@annehargreaves@ioc.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@_elena Gutted about Teen Vogue.

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Elena Rossini ⁂
@_elena@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@annehargreaves same 😭

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Seth of the Fediverse
@phillycodehound@indieweb.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@_elena I get cancelling but Wired has been doing a good job of keeping the current political state accountable.

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Seth of the Fediverse
@phillycodehound@indieweb.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@_elena But you know what. I cancelled too. And stated the same.

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Elena Rossini ⁂
@_elena@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@phillycodehound 🥲✊

Condé Nast even fired a Wired political reporter who protested against the Teen Vogue firings. And a fact-checker from the New Yorker https://www.semafor.com/article/11/06/2025/cond-nast-abruptly-fires-4-staffers-after-hr-confrontation they’re the worst

Condé Nast abruptly fires 4 staffers after HR confrontation

The firings were an unsubtle message to its employee union that the publisher was taking a harder line in its dealings with employees.
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Seth of the Fediverse
@phillycodehound@indieweb.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@_elena Wow.....

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MikeF
@lycophidion@birds.town replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@_elena
🤬🤬🤬

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johne
@johne@denvr.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@_elena here’s a source on the firings: https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/conde-nast-illegal-firings-union-employees-layoffs-teen-vogue-shutdown-1236571648/

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johne
@johne@denvr.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@_elena I just cacelled my Wired subscription.

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Elena Rossini ⁂
@_elena@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@johne 👏👏👏👏

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Kevin Russell
@kevinrns@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@_elena

It is much. No need to play it down. The forces that put Kimmel back won the mini mid terms.

Thank you.

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Michel Patrice
@MichelPatrice@jasette.facil.services replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@_elena

If thousands do a little thing that isn't much, it is no longer not much.

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Elena Rossini ⁂
@_elena@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@MichelPatrice ❤️ ✊

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Tuchowski
@adipoeserPursch@troet.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@_elena 👍🏾

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