Remember GOOD magazine? Its parent organization has a new partner. The military.
This press release arrived in my inbox with a clang.
GOOD, an organization most commonly associated with its short-lived, ultra-conscious, proudly left-wing magazine, laid off most of its editorial staff a little over a year ago. It expressed plans to become "a platform for 21st century citizenship," based around aggregation.
GOOD was founded as "a free press for the critical idealist" — a publication for "people who give a damn." But now? It's partnering with the Air Force to help design a better drone.
Pre-layoff GOOD, which counted among its core staff Al Gore's son, published pieces like this. Now, post-layoff GOOD is sending out press releases like this:
Again, 2010 GOOD:
