Reminiscent of what happened at Deadspin a few years ago[1]. The EIC was fired for some weird management BS and the entire staff resigned and eventually started Defector as a worker owned business which has been consistently profitable[2]. Hopefully some of the Escapist folks follow that route.
[1] - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/business/media/deadspin-s...
[2] - https://defector.com/three-years-of-defector