What's up with 1UP?

1up.com has been my favorite gaming site for quite a few years now. The employ some of the best and most ethical writers in the business. Lately though it seems like they have been having some serious issues. Here is a list of people who have left the site in the semi recent past and where they have gone.

Luke Smith – Works for Bungie Studios
Jane Pinckard – Writes for GameGirlAdvance.com
John Davison – Works at WhatTheyPlay.com
Che Chou – Works for Microsoft at Turn 10 studios
Dan “Shoe” Hsu - Unknown
Crispin Boyer - Unknown (just announced he was leaving yesterday)
Bryan Intihar – Works for Insomniac Studios
Mark McDonald - Unknown
Kathleen Sanders – works at Fyreball.com
Jen Frank – Left for personal reasons (unknown at present)

The site has also suffered some recent closures/troubles:
Official Playstation Magazine closed down.
Ziff Davis filed for bankruptcy.
GFW the Magazine was closed down and moved to online only.


I'm not saying that all of those people left because of the financial problems, because sometimes people just move on, but it does seem like an awful lot of people are leaving (including people that have been there for ages).
I'm worried that my favorite gaming site is losing a lot of talent. They still have some fantastic writers Like Jeremy Parish, Shane Bettenhausen and Jeff Green, and they still have some great podcasts but I do worry that if a few more people leave it'll no longer be the destination for gaming news.