Layoffs hit both media companies as they try to keep up with the evolution of video.

As the world of online and mobile video continues to fragment, the shifting landscape is requiring media companies to be more nimble to keep up. That has led to a series of layoffs and restructurings at several media outlets, including The Huffington Post and Upworthy.

Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, whose company is owned by AOL (which was itself acquired by Verizon last year), sent out a memo to employees on Friday saying the company is shifting its approach to video.

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When Ramy Alasheq was searching last year for a title to give to a newspaper he was helping launch for Arabic-speaking refugees in Germany, the inspiration came from his own journey.

A Syrian-Palestinian refugee, journalist, poet and activist who has asylum in the European nation, Alasheq was at the time at his home in Cologne with his host family.

"They are great and friendly, they give me a lot of love," he told Al Jazeera. "Once, I thanked Cristina, the mother and wife of the family, for everything. She said, 'Don't thank me. I just opened the door'."

The newspaper, he thought, should be called "Abwab", Arabic for doors.

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