4 High Profile Creators Fired by Channel Awesome
Channel Awesome, aka The Guy With The Glasses fired 4 high profile and long standing members of their network this week. Lindsay Ellis (The Nostalgia Chick,) Phelous, Allison Pregler (Obscurus Lupa,) and Andrew Dickman (longtime thumbnail artist for Ellis, Phelous and Pregler,) were all removed from Channel Awesome's website entirely in one fell swoop over the weekend.
The parting of ways was a very volatile one and a massive blow to what was considered one of the most successful Multi Channel Networks in the web space.
Phelous's Statement
Obscurus Lupa's Statement
Lindsay Ellis aka the Nostalgia Chick's Statement
Channel Awesome's Official Statement on the matter
This is a complete shock to the system on so many levels but hopefully everyone involved will continue to make great videos and continue to make a living doing it.
*UPDATE* Kyle Kallgren, aka the Oancitizen has also parted ways with Channel Awesome bringing this week's body count up to 5. CA confirmed this but Kyle has yet to release a statement.
Very interesting. Any idea what was behind this?
ReplyDeleteIt seems to have come to a head over CA refusing to let Lupa and Phelous advertise their Patreon accounts to their fans in their reviews. Nostalgia Chick looked like she was out the door for a long time but it seems as though this incident was the tipping point for her departure. Oancitizen still hasn't released an official statement so nobody knows what his situation is.
ReplyDeleteThats very unfortunate. Hope you will keep us all updated.
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