New York (CNN Business)At least seven Deadspin staffers quit on Wednesday in response to recent mandates related to editorial policy from the site's parent company G/O Media.

Employees announced their decisions to quit on Twitter. Among the departures are Kelsey McKinney, Laura Wagner, Tom Ley, Lauren Theisen, Patrick Redford, Chris Thompson and Albert Burneko. These resignations follow the firing of Barry Petchesky, who was serving as interim editor-in-chief.
These resignations come in the wake of turmoil at Deadspin and G/O Media, which took over the company in April. In August, former Deadspin editor-in-chief Megan Greenwell condemned leadership in a blog on her last day, which included a new mandate for the site and its writers to "stick to sports." On Monday, G/O Media editorial director Paul Maidment sent a memo to staff instructing them about that edict. G/O Media also removed a blog post soliciting reader feedback on the site's user experience, including autoplay video ads.