E&P Fires Editorial Staff, Replacing Reporters With ‘Experts’
Editor & Publisher was saved from extinction 10 months ago after Nielsen handed it off to boating publisher Duncan McIntosh — who is now th… Read more »
USAT Starts ‘Radical’ Shakeup: 130 Layoffs; News Tailored To Mobile, Ads
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USA Today Publisher Dave Hunke is embarking on the biggest change in the Gannett (NYSE: GCI) flagship’s 28-year history as he shifts away fr… Read more »
Microsoft Cuts Jobs (Again)
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is cutting additional jobs this week, marking the fourth time in a year and a half that the company has had layoffs.… Read more »
Playboy Laying Off More Staffers, Morphing Into ‘Brand Management’ Company
Ahead of its Q2 earnings report in August, Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) is warning investors that it will take a $3 million charge result… Read more »
California Freelancers Find Work, Decent Pay Harder To Come By
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While the layoff news at newspapers and magazines seems to have slowed this year — PaperCut’s tally for 2010 shows 1,823 job losses, while… Read more »
Fox Audience Network Reorganizes Sales Team; Cuts About 15 Jobs
News Corp.’s Fox Audience Network is laying off about 15 employees, less than five percent of its employees, as part of a broader reorganiza… Read more »
RealNetworks Reorganizes — Again; 85 Jobs Cut, $10 Million Charge
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RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is reorganizing once again, taking a $10 million charge this quarter as it cuts staff and office space. About 85 j… Read more »
Increased Focus On Real-Time Bids, Asia Prompts Rubicon Reorg
The Rubicon Project is doing a mix of hiring and firing as it brings in more automated services to meet clients’ demand for real-time biddin… Read more »
Second Life-Parent Linden Lab Cuts 30 Percent Of Staff
Linden Lab, which has maintained a big following for its Second Life virtual world but also has seen it surpassed in buzz and growth by a ho… Read more »
Reader’s Digest Association Cutting Global Workforce 10 Percent
It’s been several months since the Reader’s Digest Association emerged from bankruptcy, the publisher is laying off 10 percent — roughly 27… Read more »
Yahoo Cuts Jobs In Its Search Group
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz said last fall that the company — which has had three major rounds of layoffs since 2008 — was “done” w… Read more »
ABC News Digital Reorgs; VP Jon Dube Takes Buyout
ABC (NYSE: DIS) News alum Jon Dube, who rejoined in 2008 to head ABCNews.com, is leaving the network again. Turns out Dube took the buyout o… Read more »
In Wake Of CEO’s Departure, Digg Cuts 10 Percent Of Staff
Digg, which saw the departure of longtime CEO Jay Adelson a month ago, is now laying off 10 percent of its staff. In an e-mail sent to emplo… Read more »
NowPublic Lays Off Staff, Citing Acquisition; Vows To Rebuild
Citizen-J site NowPublic has laid off several members of its dozen-person staff, paidContent has been told, confirming portions of an earlie… Read more »
Ning Cuts 40 Percent Of Staff; Goes All Paid
Looks like the departure exactly a month ago of long-time Ning CEO Gina Bianchini was not as benign as Ning tried to portray it. The build-y… Read more »
Meredith Digital Reorg Results In Loss Of 20 Jobs
Meredith (NYSE: MDP) is reorganizing its National Media Group to streamline its digital content creation and sales and marketing efforts and… Read more »
Zapoint Buys Social Recruitment Site Jobster
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The relatively positive jobs report last week could mean that recruitment sites return to healthier ad revenues. In preparation of a somewha… Read more »
RealNetworks Cuts Another Four Percent Of Staff
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RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) — which is in the midst of a major reorganization — is cutting another four percent of its workforce, or 60 jobs… Read more »
News Corp’s IGN Cuts Jobs Across The Board
News Corp.-owned IGN Entertainment, which includes both the video game network of the same name, as well as sites like AskMen, is going thro… Read more »
Skill Finding Site Weedle Gets $4 Million
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Weedle, a site that lets users find people who have specific skills and also pitch their own, has raised $4 million in funding. On Weedle, u… Read more »
Bloomberg BusinessWeek Cuts 25; Moves A Dozen To The Wire Service
About 25 staffers were let go from Bloomberg BusinessWeek as the title prepares for its major redesign late next month. Among the 25 who wer… Read more »
Google Hands Out Salary Hikes, Bigger Bonuses To Top Execs
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is doling out about $8 million in bonuses to several top employees “in recognition of executive officers’ contributions… Read more »
Take-Two To Cut 15 Percent Of ‘Corporate’ Jobs
Take-Two Interactive (NSDQ: TTWO), which is under heavy pressure to turn-around its flagging performance, is cutting 15 percent of its corpo… Read more »
The Career Site Funding Spree: BraveNewTalent Gets Its Round
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BraveNewTalent, a British social recruiting site which has its sites on an overseas expansion, has raised £350,000 (roughly $560,000) in a… Read more »
ABC News Plans Major Job Cuts As Part Of ‘Fundamental Transformation’; Westin’s Memo
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ABC (NYSE: DIS) News is planning a major restructuring of its operations that will likely leave it with “substantially fewer people on staff… Read more »
Help Wanted? Monster Cuts 200 Jobs
Considering that unemployment is still up double digits and the unemployment classifieds ad revenue continues to plummet, it’s not all that… Read more »
Veoh Lays Off Remaining Staffers, Files For Bankruptcy
Updated: Veoh, the Michael Eisner-backed video site, has been struggling for some time and has now filed for bankruptcy, according to a mess… Read more »
Career Site Doostang Gets $1.25 Million
Career site Doostang has raised $1.25 million in a funding round from Shasta Ventures, the company tells us. The site promises its users “in… Read more »
More Details On HotJobs-Monster: Three Year Non Compete For Yahoo; Talks Started Oct 2008
Some more sale details of Yahoo’s jobs service HotJobs to Monster, announced earlier today, have come out in an SEC filing. The companies ha… Read more »
Yahoo Sells HotJobs To Monster Worldwide For $225 Million
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Yahoo’s garage sale is finally attracting some buyers. Three weeks after Yahoo sold its Zimbra e-mail and communications platform to VMWare,… Read more »
Professional Social Network Brazen Careerist Raises About $1 Million
Brazen Careerist, a social networking site geared towards “next-generation professionals,” has raised about $1 million in a funding round, a… Read more »
AOL Begins New Round Of Layoffs; 1,100 Accepted Buyouts Offered In November
AOL (NYSE: AOL) is announcing a “limited number” layoffs today, as not enough staffers applied for the voluntary buyouts the company said it… Read more »
LA Times Laying Off 80; Both The Monday Business Section, Paper Size To Shrink As Well
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The LA Times is cutting 80 jobs as it closes an Orange County printing plant as it tries to reduce costs further. The paper will rely on jus… Read more »
Executive Ranks Of Fox Mobile Group Gutted By Departures
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Leadership of the Fox Mobile Group is in disarray, as the CEO, COO and CMO have all left the company, mocoNews has learned. Fox Mobile has a… Read more »
Washington Post’s Avenue100 Buys Online Job Site GetTheJob.com
Washington Post-owned digital marketing company Avenue100 has bought up career site GetTheJob.com. GetTheJob aggregates thousands of listing… Read more »
Reader’s Digest Lays Off Publisher Tracey Altman
After little more than a year as publisher of Reader’s Digest, Tracey Altman tells Min Online that she has been laid off. The company, whic… Read more »
NYT Editor Keller: We’ll Have To Resort To Layoffs
The window for NYT staffers to accept a voluntary buyout will close on Monday and editor Bill Keller (pictured, left) said he doesn’t expect… Read more »
National Geographic Cuts Back On Adventure
As National Geographic invests in digital with the purchase of a stake in ScienceBlogs, it is also cutting back on one of its five print pub… Read more »
DailyCandy Cutting Back Local Editions
DailyCandy is rolling back its expansion. The Comcast-owned e-mail newsletter will stop publishing city-specific daily e-mails in seven of t… Read more »
Oyster.com Cuts Size Of Staff By A Third
Back in mid-September, Oyster Hotel Reviews said it was on track to become the largest travel media outlet in the U.S. by staffers by year-e… Read more »
