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Android Central ‘will continue’ despite laying off its staff
Android Central, a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The Verge that the site will continue publishing. Yesterday, four of the six staffers on Android Central's staff page posted publicly about the layoffs, including Shruti Shekar, Derrek Lee, Harish Jonnalagadda, and Nicholas Sutrich, and former […] Android Central , a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The Verge that the site will continue publishing. Yesterday, four of the six staffers on Android Central 's staff page posted publicly about the layoffs, including Shruti Shekar , Derrek Lee , Harish Jonnalagadda , and Nicholas Sutrich , and former senior editor Namerah Saud Fatmi updated her LinkedIn to indicate that her tenure at Android Central had ended. Both Lee, the site's managing editor, and Sutrich
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Android Central, a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The Verge that the site will continue publishing. Yesterday, four of the six staffers on Android Central's staff page posted publicly about the layoffs, including Shruti Shekar, Derrek Lee, Harish Jonnalagadda, and Nicholas Sutrich, and former […] Android Central , a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The Verge that the site will continue publishing. Yesterday, four of the six staffers on Android Central 's staff page posted publicly about the layoffs, including Shruti Shekar , Derrek Lee , Harish Jonnalagadda , and Nicholas Sutrich , and former senior editor Namerah Saud Fatmi updated her LinkedIn to indicate that her tenure at Android Central had ended. Both Lee, the site's managing editor, and Sutrich
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According to The Verge’s source item, Android Central ‘will continue’ despite laying off its staff, Android Central, a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The Verge that the site will continue publishing. Yesterday, four of the six staffers on Android Central’s staff page posted publicly about the layoffs, including Shruti Shekar, Derrek Lee, Harish Jonnalagadda, and Nicholas Sutrich, and former […] Android Central , a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The Verge that the site will continue publishing. Yesterday, four of the six staffers on Android Central ’s staff page posted publicly about the layoffs, including Shruti Shekar , Derrek Lee , Harish Jonnalagadda , and Nicholas Sutrich , and former senior editor Namerah Saud Fatmi updated her LinkedIn to indicate that her tenure at Android Central had ended. Both Lee, the site’s managing editor, and Sutrich
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