Condé Nast, who bought Pitchfork in 2015, is folding the publication into GQ. Condé Nast announced this move via memo on Wednesday, as well as the large scale lay-offs of many Pitchfork staff members, including editor-in-chief Puja Patel. However, Conde Nast did not state exactly how many writers/staffers were being laid off. Features editor Jill Mapes, who was laid off, stated on Twitter: "I’ve referred to my job at pitchfork as being on a ferris wheel at closing time, just waiting for them to yank me down,” Mapes wrote in the post. “after nearly 8 yrs, mass layoffs got me. glad we could spend that time trying to make it a less dude-ish place just for GQ to end up at the helm.”