It was just a few months ago when two of Gawker Media’s top editorial employees resigned from the company after management took down a controversial post outing a Conde Nast executive.

Now, Andrew Gorenstein, Gawker Media’s president of advertising and partnerships, has left the company. Gorenstein confirmed his departure in a text message, saying that it was “time for a change.” Michael Kuntz, who came to Gawker Media from Hearst last year, has been named SVP of Global Sales and Partnerships, according to a memo sent to Gawker Media’s business staff by President and General Counsel Heather Dietrick.

In July, Gawker Media’s Executive Editor Tommy Craggs and Gawker.com Editor Max Read quit their jobs after the company’s managing partnership yanked the Conde Nast story. In a parting memo to Gawker’s editorial staff, Craggs called out Gorenstein specifically, saying that “Gorenstein [had] wondered openly in a partnership meeting why [Gawker.com writer] Sam Biddle hadn’t been fired.”

Gawker CEO Nick Denton told staff in July that the “Gawker tax” — the price that Gawker pays in ad revenue because of its edgier content — was becoming too expensive for the company to pay any longer, as the digital media environment becomes increasingly competitive. Gorenstein, a divisive figure within the newsroom for his perceived opposition to editorial interests (specifically his quote about Biddle), was perhaps the executive most responsible for working to minimize the Gawker tax.

Update: In a text conversation, Denton gave some clarifying information about Gorenstein’s exit, saying, “It was Andrew’s decision. And advertising growth will be in double-digits this year. Like [Heather Dietrick’s] memo says, growth [is] coming from Automated and Content.”

By “automated,” Denton is referring to programmatic ad buying where advertisers target users across the Web with less consideration given to which publishers actually show the ad. “Content” refers to sponsorships and specialized ads, like Gawker Media’s “Netflix Documentary Club” package.

Below is the full memo Dietrick sent to Gawker’s business staff: