Layoffs Hit Online Game And Toy-Maker Smith & Tinker
Guess it’s a bit harder to launch the next Webkinz than the backers of web-based toy-maker Smith & Tinker thought. The company raised $29 mi… Read more »
Greenspun Media Merges Print And Online; Job Cuts Hit Las Vegas Sun Newsroom
Greenspun Media is merging the print and digital sides of its Las Vegas-based media properties, including the Las Vegas Sun. The company’s h… Read more »
Gannett Brings Back Furloughs For Q1; 37 Laid Off At USAT, Magazine
After a break from furloughs during the second half of the year, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) says that it will require its employees to take five da… Read more »
WaPo Closes N.Y., L.A., Chicago Bureaus; Focus on DC Local & Politics
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The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) is shutting down its bureaus in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, following some layoffs at its online divi… Read more »
With Latest Layoffs, AP Hits Goal Of Reducing Payroll By 10 Percent
The Associated Press’ layoffs this week, combined with earlier cuts, have trimmed payroll costs by 10 percent, the wire service said in a st… Read more »
BusinessWeek Under Bloomberg: About 100 Staff To Be Laid Off
So the cuts and changes will happen anyway, despite whatever the promises were, reminiscent of the Murdoch’s promises to the Bancroft family… Read more »
Layoff Rumors Flare At AP; Dozens Of Jobs Could Be Cut Today
Associated Press staffers are preparing for what could be 70- to 80 layoffs today, as reports are seeping out regarding growing anxiety abou… Read more »
With DoubleX’s Demise As A Standalone, Peggy White Leaves Slate
As Slate’s DoubleX prepares to wind down after a nine-month stint as a standalone, Peggy White is leaving the company as publisher of the wo… Read more »
Apple Seeking To Bring An iPhone Game Expert In House
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iPhone game startups keep raising funding, while bigger companies like Namco, ngmoco and Playdom are growing their iPhone game empires throu… Read more »
CNN.com Pulls The Plug On Anchor Webcasts
Just two weeks after overhauling CNN.com, the news website is reorganizing its live webcast unit and doing away with its anchor-driven newsc… Read more »
NYT News Service Lays Off Edit Staffers; Duties Moved To Non-Union Florida Paper
The New York Times News Service is getting rid of nearly all of its editorial staffers and will hand off the operation to the NYTCo’s Gainsv… Read more »
Adobe To Cut Nine Percent Of Its Workforce On Top Of Layoffs At Omniture
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Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is going through its second round of layoffs in a year. In an SEC filing, the company says it will cut 680 jobs worldwide… Read more »
AOL Begins Layoffs; 100 To Be Let Go Today
AOL (NYSE: TWX) is laying off 100 staffers today, sources tell paidContent, confirming earlier reports by AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher and Vall… Read more »
EA’s Riccitiello: Layoffs ‘Essential’ To The Company’s Digital Transformation
The main reason for EA’s second round of mass layoffs within a single calendar year? The company is extremely bullish on digital. “As we sai… Read more »
United Online Cuts 5 Percent Of Its Workforce
Updated: United Online (NSDQ: UNTD) is cutting five percent of its workforce — or about 96 jobs. The company disclosed the layoffs during a… Read more »
Trinity Mirror Cutting 17 More Editorial Jobs In Merseyside
By Jason Deans: Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) is making more cuts at its Liverpool operation, which publishes titles including the Liverpool Ech… Read more »
Updated: Time Layoffs Slice Into Essence Magazine’s Web Team
Updated: paidContent has confirmed that Time Inc.’s cuts have hit Essence magazine and Essence.com. The company confirmed that the web team… Read more »
Microsoft Cuts 800 More Positions
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In its third round of layoffs this year, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) says it is cutting 800 jobs across the company today. The software giant sai… Read more »
Forbes Prepares For More Across-The-Board Layoffs
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After several months of quiet, Forbes is cutting more jobs again. In a staff memo by Steve Forbes obtained by FishbowlNY, the company’s CEO… Read more »
Mobile Technology Provider Mobixell Cuts Staff
So much for 2009 being the year of mobile, (or was that meant to be 2008)? Mobixell, the Israeli techonology provider for mobile messaging,… Read more »
NYT To Cut 100 Newsroom Posts; More Trimming Expected To Hit Op-Ed, Business Side
As it prepares for its Q3 earnings on Thursday, the New York Times plans to cut 100 newsroom jobs Read more »
Condé Nast Cuts Keep Coming: W Lays Off Seven Staffers
About seven sales staffers were let go from Condé Nast’s W magazine on Friday, Mediaweek reports. These latest cuts are part a slow bleed,… Read more »
Struggling To Find A Sustainable Business Model, ZillionTV Lays Off Staff
ZillionTV, the streaming video set-top box-maker that’s backed by media giants like *Disney*, *Fox*, *Sony* and Warner Bros., has laid off a… Read more »
Report: Lackluster Game Sales Lead To Studio Closures, Layoffs At Activision
While rival gaming companies like EA and *THQ* were laying off thousands of staff earlier this year, Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) kept chugging a… Read more »
EnticeLabs Raises $2 Million For Online Job Ads Platform
Online recruiting startup EnticeLabs has raised $2 million in a round of funding, we have confirmed with the company. Investors include Firs… Read more »
Some Condé Nast Publishers Told To Slash Budgets By 25 Percent
More details from the recommendations by McKinsey consultants to Condé Nast bigwigs are starting to trickle down and it’s somewhere between… Read more »
Yahoo’s Bartz: ‘We’re Done With Layoffs’
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The economy may be “bumping along the bottom,” as Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz said during the company’s press conference. But afterwa… Read more »
PCUK/Harris Poll: Subscriptions Appeal More To UK Readers Than Micropayments
Day two in our exclusive paidContent:UK/Harris Interactive poll shows that more than half of those surveyed prefer a long-term subscription,… Read more »
Where Google And Yahoo Are Still Hiring
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Both Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) have cut back sharply on hiring — but they do still have hundreds of job openings. So, what… Read more »
Google Says It Wants To Hire Yahoo Talent
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It wouldn’t be so surprising (or newsworthy) if this was happening behind the scenes, but Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is now openly trying to recrui… Read more »
Music Biz Considers Backing For ISP Account Suspensions
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In response to the government’s recent proposed Digital Britain amendments, the UK music business has issued a holding statement that some m… Read more »
Microsoft Loses A Key Silverlight Client; ITV.com Upgrades To Flash
One has to wonder why Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) bothered creating Silverlight, when Adobe’s Flash had long ago become the effective standard fo… Read more »
Closed Local Newspaper To Be Born Again
By Roy Greenslade: Despite the advance of the digital age, there is an enduring love for newsprint. So it comes as little surprise to hear t… Read more »
Up To 50 PA Editorial Jobs Under Threat Over Teletext Closure
By Stephen Brook: Up to 50 editorial jobs at the Press Association could be at risk as a result of Teletext’s decision to shut down its core… Read more »
Salon Lays Off Six From Edit, About 20 Percent of Staff
Salon Media, the parent of Salon.com, has laid off six editorial staff, which is about 20 percent of its staff. The rumor first surfaced on… Read more »
Corrected: New Owner Platinum Continues To Slash Union-Tribune Staff, Cuts 112 More
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The San Diego Union-Tribune has laid off about 200 112 of its employees, the newspaper tells us (A source had told us earlier that the compa… Read more »
Print Round-Up: Newsquest Relaunch, Economist Subs, TES Layoffs, NI's Science Mag
– Newsquest re-launch: The Gannett-owned regional publisher has given a facelift to 150 of its newspaper websites, including Telegraphandar… Read more »
Job Search Site SimplyHired Gets $4.6 Million Funding
Job search engine SimplyHired, based in Mountain View, CA, has received $4.6 million in a new round of funding, led by IDG Ventures and Foun… Read more »
RealNetworks Lays Off 12 At Rhapsody; Less Focus on Desktop Client & Edit
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) has laid off 12 employees from its Rhapsody music division, we have confirmed from the company, following news ear… Read more »
Social Recruiting Site KODA Raises $3 Million
New recruiting site KODA.us has closed a $3 million funding round from angel investors. The site lets job candidates and companies set up no… Read more »
