With big plans to staff up, ThinkProgress is the latest publisher to leave Medium

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Poynter / Benjamin Mullin / Jun 30, 2017

In doing so, ThinkProgress joins an exodus away from Medium that began early this year after the company announced that it was laying off 50 staffers in a pivot away from advertising-supported publishing. Several of Medium’s marquee publishers, including Pacific Standard, The Ringer and Film School Rejects have already left, citing chagrin with the company’s new direction. —

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