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Time Inc. Layoffs Hit People, Essence
Jeff Bewkes Motivates Remaining Time Warner Employees With Management-Speak
Time Staffers Have Two Weeks to Volunteer for a Dozen Buyout Packages
Wall Street Journal Editor: We 'Must Think the Unthinkable'
Bill Keller: Apple Tablet 'Impending'
Oscar-Winner Paul Haggis Publicly Resigns From Church of Scientology Over Gay Rights
Arthur Sulzberger: Employee Dedication, and Layoffs, Are Moving NYT in 'Right Direction'
New York Times to Cut 100 Newsroom Positions
The Wrath of McKinsey: Conde Nast To Fold Gourmet, Three Others
AOL's CEO Calls for 'Laser Focus,' Fires People

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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
11/05/09

Why don't me comment show up on the latest Breitbart/Reuters expose? The link is willing, but the comment is awol:

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elinorwhyme
11/04/09

In reply to Time Inc. Layoffs Hit People, Essence
The Evening Standard ran a piece today about how glossy magazines like Vogue and Tatler are still going strong in the UK. "Compared to the calamitous situation in the United States..."
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I share because I care. #media
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raincoaster
11/05/09

@elinorwhyme: Their newspapers are still doing well, too. #media
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elinorwhyme
11/05/09

@raincoaster: Well the Evening Standard just became a free paper, which on the one hand feels wrong, but on the other hand has in just a few weeks stamped out the other free afternoon papers, thank god. #media
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BowlingForDollars
11/04/09

In reply to Time Inc. Layoffs Hit People, Essence
We're told the mag had a total of 18 layoffs, including "the entire web team."

Way to plan for the future, Essence. #media
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ihatetwitter
11/04/09

@BowlingForDollars: In the future there will be no web, only large iphone-styled eReaders. Just like print but with clickable text and animated imagery. And popups. Lots and lots of popups. #media
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ArtfulSlinger
11/04/09

@BowlingForDollars: I guess it depends on their readership, or lack of it.
If they are geared towards an older demographic, then its just wasted time online activity. From the cover articles on this particular one, it seems its base is 40+. #media
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/04/09

In reply to Jeff Bewkes Motivates Remaining Time Warner Employees With Management-Speak
Jesus Christ, what utter drivel. Fire all the employees and save 100 percent of the wages expense. #timewarner
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/04/09

In reply to Time Staffers Have Two Weeks to Volunteer for a Dozen Buyout Packages
Volunteering for a package is a classic Prisoner's Dilemma problem.

If you volunteer and you get it, yay, funemployment.

If you volunteer and you don't get it (there are too many volunteers), you have identified yourself as someone who wants to leave.

If you don't volunteer and you just get laid off, a package would have been better. #timemagazine
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Kimrod
11/04/09

In reply to Time Staffers Have Two Weeks to Volunteer for a Dozen Buyout Packages
I wonder if the writer(s) of the ironic cover story are some of those getting the boot? Sad. Sad. Sad.

Does anyone see the end to the bloodletting? Which industries are next?

Makes for a Merry-Fucking-Christmas.

Thanks Santa. #timemagazine
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/04/09

@Kimrod: There aren't any other industries left. #timemagazine
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Thewritersays
11/04/09

@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: we are all screwed. badly. #timemagazine
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Mediahohoho
10/29/09

In reply to Wall Street Journal Editor: We 'Must Think the Unthinkable'
I'm pretty sure the herd in marketing could be thinned considerably. #wallstreetjournal
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TheBusinessGuy
10/29/09

In reply to Wall Street Journal Editor: We 'Must Think the Unthinkable'
For newspapers, what has always been unthinkable is changing with the times. From a stubborn refusal to standardize ad sizes to accommodate national advertisers to their initial dismissal of and subsequent deer-in-the-headlights reaction to the Internet, they have brought about their own death. And what is their imaginative solution? To cut back on the things that make them valuable and unique and that could help them trounce their web rivals: deep reportorial resources and expert editorial judgement. Honestly, if an individual were this self-destructive, someone would do an intervention. #wallstreetjournal
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naugahydeinplainsight
10/29/09

In reply to Wall Street Journal Editor: We 'Must Think the Unthinkable'
Meanwhile over on Slate, Daniel Gross argues reports of the newspaper industry's death are greatly exaggerated. A focus on plummeting circulation and weak ad figures "might be a case of making too much of a few numbers and ignoring some important ones." [www.slate.com]

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RollsRoyceRevenge
10/29/09

In reply to Wall Street Journal Editor: We 'Must Think the Unthinkable'
"We may be bought by an obnoxious Australian, for example." #wallstreetjournal
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Pick-me-a-winner
10/26/09

In reply to Oscar-Winner Paul Haggis Publicly Resigns From Church of Scientology Over Gay Rights
Ahh! The Might Zenu shall not be pleased! Paul Haggis shall be sent through the highway to the danger zone to battle with the Rain Man.

There will be no vanilla sky for Paul, only days of thunder. A few good men have attempted to disgrace the mighty church of scientology and all have found the mission impossible.

When all is said and done it’s risky business opposing the mighty church and for Paul all that he can hope for is for mercy from the Last Samurai of death, before the young guns of revenge play taps at his funeral #scientology
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Benny
10/26/09

@Pick-me-a-winner: Tom Cruise was in Young Guns? #scientology
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The-Ohio-Player
10/26/09

In reply to Bill Keller: Apple Tablet 'Impending'
The Apple Slate sounds pretty cool you have to admit. Tablet has been inexorably linked to to PC and Windows. It's obvious that Apple would want to create their own branding. #paperofrecord
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sweetbeans
10/26/09

In reply to Oscar-Winner Paul Haggis Publicly Resigns From Church of Scientology Over Gay Rights
I'm surprised at some of the responses here. This organization clearly has given a lot to its members in terms of personal growth and/or healing - like baconismyaesthetic's father. To stand on the outside and call it's members "tards", ect is not only cold, but shortsighted. Many members of religious organizations disagree with their churches' stances. I certainly know Catholics who disagree with the misery created world wide by the churches stance on contraception. And, some of them have congregations and priests who stumped for Prop 8. Should they leave the church? Are they "tards" if they don't?

Haggis has clearly had difficulties with his church for some time, and even stated that he refused to cut off his in-laws. The support of Prop 8 by religious groups (not just Scientologist, LDS, and Catholics, but also some Jewish groups, among others) was heartbreaking for many people in those organizations. But any thinking person with a religion will have difficulty at times reconciling their personal beliefs with that of their religion.

And please, can we stop calling it a cult? As an athiest, all religions seem nutty to me, but it's pure bigotry to single out Scientology. I thought we were better than that here. #scientology
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Benny
10/26/09

@sweetbeans: The Church of Scientology is a cult, by definition. Not cos it's a fruity religion, but because it is literally a cult that practices mind control techniques. #scientology
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sweetbeans
10/26/09

@Benny: My point wasn't to defend Scientology, but since you bring it up, the definition of "cult" is a system of religious beliefs and ritual. Whether or not they use mind control is kind of beside the point, as that practice isn't limited to cults.

I've certainly read a lot about Scientology that gives me pause, especially the cutting off of non-members (which from what I've read is a better indicator of a cult than mind control is). I do know, however, that Scientology is recognized formally by the US and many other countries as a religion. #scientology
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A Pimp Named DaveR
10/26/09

@sweetbeans: Scientology is recognized as a religion by the US for tax purposes -- and only for tax purposes -- because they took the Treasury Department all the way to the Supreme Court. Repeatedly. Treasury finally just gave up, deciding that the resources to continue the fight were better spent elsewhere.

(From a legal standpoint, I think the Scientologists were correct -- if you're going to treat Yom Kippur seat fees -- which are really just payments for good Temple real estate -- as charitable contributions to a religious organization for tax purposes, it's hard to distinguish payments to Scientology for "cleansing" -- again, really just payment for services -- as being substantively different. But that's neither here nor there.)

Also, you have some logical fallacies there. "A system of belief or ritual" is ONE definition of "cult". It's not the one that springs to mind when most people hear or use it, however. And usage of mind control is absolutely relevant to the common definition of "cult" -- which is, as Benny said, a religious group that is potentially non-voluntary with respect to its belief system. #scientology
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FaceMelter
10/26/09

Where are today's posts? I'm totally confused.

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Trai_Dep
10/26/09

In reply to Bill Keller: Apple Tablet 'Impending'
Oh dear.
I hope Bill doesn't have a Florida home with a deep swimming pool. Because suspicious swimming pool deaths come in threes, and Apple PR ninjas are merciless and efficient (and dress so sharply!) #paperofrecord
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