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more about #valleywag more comments → Shadowlayer: Seems pincus here has sent a whole bunch of "friends" to spam the place... more » sweetpickles: Do magazines think people want to wait for their regurgitated content on a monthly basis again? No. They do not. Silly magazines. You're going to have... more » momof3wildkids: From the looks of the picture, Martha Stewart is in bed with something other than the State Dept. With that stick, it is no wonder she doesn't need a... more » MisterHippity: Back in the 80s, my first real job was a reporter for a local bi-weekly up in Putnam county. The only other reporter on the staff of that paper - hire... more » gawkimo: "the dismissals are not economically motivated" Of course not. Has the Post ever made money? more » kappakappaspankme: I'm a bit confused. The tipster states that these people should have been released a while ago. Then he/she goes on to say that most of them are min... more » Alaska Miller: It's like telling a city bus to stop only at Burger King instead of McDonald's and expecting everyone to pay extra for free ice cream. more » hannapdx: Oh no! I'm getting married in 2011, how will I ever know how to plan my own wedding without the help of overpriced wedding mags?!!! more » Monty: What is more interesting than search engines paying for content is that this could ultimately save the news media business. Ignoring the concern to J... more » Magister: What happens when you look for a foreign or local story? I assume the Fox O&Os will be part of the equation, as will their Australian and UK paper... more » sweetpickles: Yes. You'll find the same news at other sites by searching through Google. This isn't only about Murdoch walling off his sites, though. This is about ... more » Hello Mister Walrus: I think this is really audience-specific. I work for a bank, so if I had to choose between Google + no WSJ and some other search engine that is 97% as... more » Gabriel Snyder: And notice in that first search that while News Corp. is saying it can live without Google, it's also buying up ad keywords like "lieberman public opt... more » manchops: but have you tried googling: "Andrea Peyser + sex goddess?" I mean, hello? more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Perfect. And if they take even one step in the direction of "You can't quote our stories" they will drive themselves so far into irrelevancy ... more » -
#holidaze
The Incredible Shrinking AOL
Just in time for Christmas, AOL is asking 2,500 of its workers to volunteer for buyouts starting Dec. 4 (layoffs come after) as the company separates from Time Warner and a shadow of its former online conglomerate self. More » -
#feuds
Will Evangelize Your Tech Company for Food
Don Dodge used to be an official evangelist for Microsoft, hyping the company's software and insulting its competitor Google. Then Microsoft laid him off, and Google hired him. Cue the bitter, flip-flopping blog post in which Dodge loudly switches sides. More » -
#layoffs
Al Gore's TV Network Firing 80 People Due to Wild Success
Current Media said it would shed 80 people, confirming earlier reports, and will make its unconventional format more boringly traditional. This might sound bad. But the San Francisco cable network assures us it is evidence of amazing success! More » -
#holidaze
Adobe Joins Pre-Holiday Layoff Wave
Adobe will lay off 680 people, or nearly 10 percent of its workforce. The publishing software company joins Electronic Arts and AOL in making pre-Thanksgiving cutbacks. At least these workers won't be shocked during the holidays. Just broke. (Pic) -
#valleywag
AOL will lay off about 100 today, as we reported, says All Things D.
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#holidaze
AOL Layoffs Tomorrow to Kick Off Depressing Holiday Season?
'Tis the season to rush up layoffs so they don't fall in the sacrosanct Thanksgiving-to-Christmas period: An AOL insider tells us the company is slated to let go around 100 people tomorrow, following 1,500 firings Electronic Arts announced today. More » -
#kidstoday
Six Child Media Prodigies You Should Fear
That 16-year-old TechCrunch writer with 120,000 Twitter followers, who we wrote about yesterday, is part of a burgeoning child punditocracy. Children are operating in virtually every facet media — and doing so successfully. Fear for your job.
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#layoffs
Sluggish Microsoft to Fire Hundreds This Morning
Microsoft will begin its third 2009 layoff round as soon as this morning, TechFlash reports, because the software giant's growth has slowed. Conference rooms are already reserved. If you learn anything about the reboot, email us. (UPDATE: Social networking hit.) More » -
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#printisdead
Forbes Layoffs Are Here, and They're Brutal
The layoffs at Forbes, which we first reported on three weeks ago, arrived today, and we hear from inside the magazine that they're "real big.... huge," with a rumored 50 or so editorial staff let go. (Updates: LA+London bureaus gone.) More » -
#layoffs
On Firing Day, Busy Wired Editor Had Other Places To Be
Chris Anderson has plenty of distractions from editing Wired, including a lucrative sideline on the global lecture circuit and a tour to promote his new book. Anderson's prior commitments even removed him from the office on Wired's layoff day. (Updated)
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#exits
Unwiring Wired
For a digital bible, Wired has been turning surprisingly analog over the past year. The latest regressions: The publication just fired two top editors from Wired.com and may soon lose the founders of Reddit.com. More » -
#shakeups
eBay Layoffs: Fewer Than 60, Company Says
eBay has quantified the layoffs we've been writing about, saying the online auction company's upcoming restructuring will "impact fewer than 60 positions," in the words of a spokesman, with details provided internally within the week. More » -
#rumormonger
eBay Layoffs Rumored for Thursday
eBay has already confirmed it is planning a round of layoffs. Now a company tipster tells us the internal reckoning is slated to come on Thursday. More » -
#layoffs
Its Staffers Rescued, Current TV Needs to Get Rid of Staffers
After Bill Clinton helped rescue two Current TV employees from North Korea, Al Gore's TV network can get down to other pressing business. Like laying off employees, reportedly. More » -
#rumormonger
Layoffs at Forbes?
A source close to Forbes tells us another layoff round is imminent, the third this year. Ouch.
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#shakeups
Layoffs Loom at eBay
Two weeks ago, eBay announced a restructuring. As any Silicon Valley trouper knows, that means layoffs will soon follow. And that, in fact, is what's happening. More » -
#spinoffs
Why Delay AOL's Mass Layoffs?
Everyone knows Tim Armstrong is planning more layoffs at AOL once the company is spun off from Time Warner. So why let them hang over the company's return to the markets as an independently-traded stock? More » -
#consumerreporting
Perez Hilton Aims To Bring Down T-Mobile Stock
Damn, I didn't even know those things still existed. A reader emails us with a tip about T-Mobile's Sidekick service being down. Twitter is up in arms! A certain blogger-cum-brand is stirring up chaos! What to do?! More » -
#layoffs
UPDATE: Salon Lays Off Six In Pursuit of Becoming a 'True Web Publication'
Salon has laid off eightsix editorial staffers—or 20% of its editorial staff—so that, in the words of CEO Richard Gingras, it can become "more of a true Web publication." Welcome to the internet, Salon! More » -
#cubicleculture
We're Firing! Then, 'We're Hiring!'
People appreciate of corporate flexibility in a recession. Fire people, hire them back, God bless you. But keep firing and hiring in an endless cycle, and people are liable to think you're as sadistic as Yahoo. More »
