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In effect like alternate sides of the street parking rules.

Los Angeles
Joined March 2010
In August, I was hired to be the editor in chief of a music website. In December, we launched. By early May, we had published more than 2000 articles with a staff of six — news, interviews, reviews, reported features, long-read essays — amassing nearly a million unique users…
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Two weeks ago, we woke up to learn that the site would no longer be publishing, and we were all laid off. This came with no warning, no indication to anyone that anything was wrong. Today, they took down the entire site, and everything on it. What a colossal waste.
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I simply adored this man. I can’t imagine knowing him and not adoring him. A perpetual font of wisdom and good humor even in the worst of circumstances. It was a privilege to work with him and know him.
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