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#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 » -
#memos
Yahoo's CEO 'Wanted to Crawl Into a Hole and Eat Chocolate'
Carol Bartz's critics nearly put her into a chocolate-eating funk, the Yahoo CEO wrote in a recent memo. But now is no time for "staring at our navels... Get out of the sugar low." Maybe with some chocolate! Wait... [AllThingsD] -
#modernandawkward
Yahoo's Cuddly Flack Sends Adorable Email
There's some kind of sick good cop/bad cop deal going down at Yahoo. CEO Carol Bartz swears, smacks down reporters and threatens "dropkicks." Her enforcer, meanwhile, has a Pomeranian named Clio and loves David Sedaris and peach cobbler ice cream. More » -
#memos
AP Tells Reporters To Muzzle Facebook Friends
Someone sent us the Associated Press' guidelines for staff social networking and, in keeping with company tradition, they're on the paranoid side. You should probably read them, since basically everyone in the world must now follow them. More » -
#memos
Yahoo's New Top Flack: Cuddly and Awake
Yahoo's PR operation has been a disaster of late. Its former top flack maybe leaked an ex-employee's nasty performance evaluation; another was caught sleeping during a shareholder's meeting. So Yahoo spread word: its new guy is nice and conscious! More » -
#exits
Boat-Loving Fast Company CEO Out of His Office
John Koten, the nautical-enthusiast CEO of Fast Company and Inc. publisher Mansueto Ventures, moved out of his office last week ... into a cubicle. The move has magazine workers "freaking out," a tipster tells us. More » -
#memos
Bad Boss's Get-Back-To-Work Email Sparks Online Revenge
When times are tough, bad bosses lash out. After John Soden III, a managing director at Thomas Weisel Partners in San Francisco, sent a hectoring email ordering employees into the office, his underlings struck back. More » -
#leaks
Fast Company CEO: 'Show Some Respect'
What thoughts keep magazines bosses up late at night? Late last night John Koten, the CEO of Fast Company publisher Mansueto Ventures, was wondering why his staff hasn't asked him about how great he is. More » -
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#strugglingwriters
Google's Piddling $60 Promise To Writers
Google paid $125 million to settle copyright charges over its scanning of 7 million books. Today authors were told their cut: $60 to $300 per title. Woo? More » -
#yahoo
Carol Bartz Gets New Yahoo Org Chart Half Right
Yahoo's new CEO Carol Bartz hates leaks, and we love Yahoo org charts, so the fact that we've received her announcement of the new Yahoo corporate structure is some kind of harmonic convergence. More »
