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Android Central ‘will continue’ despite laying off its staff
Source: The Verge · Published

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, includin
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 confirmed that all remaining staff were laid off.
The former staffers weren't told whether the site would shut down. Today, … Read the full story at The Verge.
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