Sony files notice for layoffs at Bellevue-based video game company
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"Sony files notice for layoffs at Bellevue-based video game company" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include GamesIndustry.biz, The Business Journals, Forbes and FOX 13 Seattle. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (5)
- Sony cuts 292 jobs at Destiny maker Bungie GamesIndustry.biz · 136d ago
- Bungie lays off hundreds of employees amid pivot for Sony-owned video game studio The Business Journals · 136d ago
- A Studio Shattered: The Aftermath Of The Mass Bungie Layoffs Forbes · 136d ago
- Bellevue, WA tech bloodbath: Sony guts 292 Bungie jobs FOX 13 Seattle · 136d ago
- True Scale of Bungie Layoffs Revealed, With Nearly 300 Cut From Its Bellevue, Washington Headquarters Alone IGN · 136d ago
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