Today, Defending Big D, along with a number of SB Nation NHL sites, will significantly curtail publishing of our articles in reaction to a decision made last week by Vox Media management regarding the future of SBN team sites covering teams in California. If you haven’t heard about this, please see the announcement that was posted last Monday.
We are very disturbed and concerned by two separate, yet related, issues that arose as a result of this decision. First, the decision to cut loose the entire writing staffs of 25 SB Nation team sites or those living in California that write for other sites (including our own Mark Zimmerman, game preview extraordinaire and valued member of our staff) was a complete surprise to everyone impacted.