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Layoffs at Simon & Schuster

By Sheila, 1:05 PM on Wed Dec 3 2008, 4,396 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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A memo from Simon & Schuster president Carolyn Reidy: "Earlier today we enacted a reduction in staff in which 35 positions across the company were eliminated, from areas including our publishing divisions and international, operations and sales."

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