DEI Died This Year. Maybe It Was Supposed To Highlight

During the course of reporting this story, there were layoffs at Teen Vogue, WIRED’s sister publication under parent company Condé Nast; according to its union, most of the employees that were let go identified as women of color or transgender, including the only two Black women working full-time on the editorial team. (A Condé Nast spokesperson told WIRED, “While many companies have rolled back their diversity, equity, and inclusion functions, Condé Nast continues to maintain a dedicated D+I team and publishes an annual D+I report.”) NBC News gutted its diversity teams, and CBS News eliminated its race and culture editorial teams. BET likewise thinned its ranks ahead of the Paramount-Skydance merger.