{"id":7983,"date":"2026-10-01T22:17:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T22:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7983"},"modified":"2026-10-01T22:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T22:17:35","slug":"android-central-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7983","title":{"rendered":"Android Central \u2018will continue\u2019 despite laying off its staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\"><em>Android Central<\/em>, a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to <em>The Verge<\/em> that the site will continue publishing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Yesterday, four of the six staffers on <em>Android Central<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/about#section-meet-the-android-central-staff\">staff page<\/a> posted publicly about the layoffs, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/shrutishekar_i-was-part-of-the-layoffs-at-future-yesterday-activity-7511414208626913281-xCTF?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAIV1iYBHi7OPybalzIKilWBO4bTY5vJb8c\">Shruti Shekar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/bhollyov_as-of-today-my-time-at-android-central-has-activity-7511172120819810305-Opf9?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAIV1iYBHi7OPybalzIKilWBO4bTY5vJb8c\">Derrek Lee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7511134110216667137\/\">Harish Jonnalagadda<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7511184016037814272\/\">Nicholas Sutrich<\/a>, and former senior editor Namerah Saud Fatmi updated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/namerah-saud-fatmi-6132541b8\/?isSelfProfile=false\">her LinkedIn<\/a> to indicate that her tenure at <em>Android Central<\/em> had ended. Both Lee, the site\u2019s managing editor, and Sutrich confirmed that all remaining staff were laid off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The former staffers weren\u2019t told whether the site would shut down. Today, new posts have been published to the site, though they are from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/android-central-s-freelance-contributors\">the site\u2019s freelance contributors<\/a> rather than the previous full-time staffers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cFuture will continue to publish Android Central. We\u2019ll share further information about the future of the site in due course,\u201d Future spokesperson Nicole Martineau tells <em>The Verge<\/em>, adding: \u201cWe will not be providing any further comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1003735\/android-central-layoffs\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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