—Another week of pink slips: The Forbes.com cuts cap a week of non-stop layoff announcements at media companies, including Dow Jones’ planned cuts at its Enterprise Media Group; six at CBS’ forthcoming music site; Time Inc.‘s buyout solicitation at its mag properties; and CondéNet’s across-the-board, which came on the heels of scaling back at Condé Nast’s Portfolio and Men’s Vogue titles.

—Laying off and hiring: As for Forbes, the company denies this is the first wave of a larger set of cutbacks. The business mag has actually been hiring lately, including bringing former Viacom (NYSE: VIA) exec Ty Ahmad-Taylor over in the new post of chief product officer, last month. And in September, WSJ vet Carol Hymowitz was hired as editorial director of the ForbesLife Executive Woman group.