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    Image of Gabriel Snyder Gabriel Snyder
    12/18/09

    In reply to Bill Keller: 'No Further Newsroom Staff Cut Planned or Foreseen' at the New York Times
    How's Keller's optimism going over with the NYT's recently departed? As expected, not so well. One emails:

    this is the same full-of-shit memo that he sent out after the last round of cuts, as i'm sure everyone is well aware.

    nowhere does keller mention the Guild arbitration that the paper lost on Monday - over the severance conditions of the last round of layoffs - a decision that the paper finally allowed to happen, after a year and a half of dicking around legally, because they couldn't begin this year's layoffs without having settled last year's first.

    i'm so happy to hear he was cheered and saddened by the speeches made by employees made to walk the plank. apparently the masthead was very very unwelcome at those farewell parties in the newsroom. how many glasses were raised for the laidoff, do you imagine?

    and by the way - how's jill abramson's puppy?! that's what everyone really wants to know!
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    Image of drunkexpatwriter drunkexpatwriter
    12/18/09

    In reply to Bill Keller: 'No Further Newsroom Staff Cut Planned or Foreseen' at the New York Times
    Dear Bill Keller,

    Please tell your publisher to stop selling the entire front page of your sister publication, The International Herald Tribute, to Rolex.

    Love,

    Bart

    [bart-calendar.livejournal.com]
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    Image of Gabriel Snyder Gabriel Snyder
    12/18/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: That's amazing.
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    Image of drunkexpatwriter drunkexpatwriter
    12/18/09

    @Gabriel Snyder: I know. I had my girlfriend take a picture of it because i didn't think anyone would believe me otherwise.
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    Image of Poodle_Heart Poodle_Heart
    12/17/09

    In reply to The New York Times Layoff Victims: Allen Salkin(!) Is Among Them [Updated]
    pleasepleasepleaseplease let it be modo
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    12/16/09

    In reply to The New York Times Layoff Victims: Allen Salkin(!) Is Among Them [Updated]
    As if the people on Salkin's Festivus party guest list weren't already dreading the Airing of Grievances.
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    12/16/09

    @Awesome X: Hahahahaha. Ouch.
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    12/16/09

    In reply to The New York Times Layoff Victims: Allen Salkin(!) Is Among Them [Updated]
    What a shame to hear about Christine Hauser. I know she recently became pregnant, few months ago maybe. I believe she was on maternity leave.
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    Image of Poodle_Heart Poodle_Heart
    12/17/09

    @El_Gato: don't they have to check pretty closely with the hr peep to lay off a woman out on baby leave?
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    12/17/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Yeah, I would think so. But I know for a fact that she was pregnant at some point in the past three months. And if you do a search under her byline on the Times site, it shows that she went from writing on an almost daily basis to suddenly writing almost nothing at all beginning in October (about two and a half months ago).
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    12/16/09

    In reply to The New York Times Layoff Victims: Allen Salkin(!) Is Among Them [Updated]
    Eric Cockknocksberg? Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

    I am experiencing a full-body rush of smug.
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    12/16/09

    In reply to The New York Times Layoff Victims: Allen Salkin(!) Is Among Them [Updated]
    Can I just get a little love for being the one to label Salkin the Seymour Hersh of the Style Section?! I'm kinda proud of that one.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    12/16/09

    @The Cajun Boy: This absolutely belongs to you. We have tried to carry the fire, which has now been extinguished by the universe. I am sad.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/16/09

    @The Cajun Boy:

    CajyBoy where you been lately?
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    12/16/09

    @miss_msry: Being pretty, tellin' lies, you know, the usual.
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    12/16/09

    @Foster Kamer: I am confident Salkin will land on his feet. You can't keep a crafty guy like that down.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/16/09

    @The Cajun Boy:

    Thanks for the new testosterone oozing photo.
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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    12/16/09

    In reply to The New York Times Layoff Victims: Allen Salkin(!) Is Among Them [Updated]
    Eric Konigsberg - any relation to Woody Allen?
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/16/09

    In reply to The New York Times Layoff Victims: Allen Salkin(!) Is Among Them [Updated]
    Not going to mention any kind of transgender shit, I got executed for that once.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/16/09

    @miss_msry: So does this feel more like reincarnation or samsara?
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/16/09

    @Lysergic Asset:

    Gawker by definition is samsara.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/16/09

    @miss_msry: [aching, melancholic groan of recognition]
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    12/16/09

    In reply to The New York Times Layoff Victims: Allen Salkin(!) Is Among Them [Updated]
    That sucks. I loved West Wing and A Few Good Men.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/16/09

    @Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: Until very recently, I got the two names inextricably confused.
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    12/16/09

    @Lysergic Asset: If you mumble either name even a little, they're identical.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    12/16/09

    @Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: And Sports Night was so good that it didn't have to be funny!
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    Image of Rozelle’s Bagman Rozelle’s Bagman
    12/16/09

    In reply to The New York Times Layoff Victims: Allen Salkin(!) Is Among Them [Updated]
    So much for saving the blocking/tackling types. This sucks.
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    12/16/09

    In reply to The New York Times Layoff Victims: Allen Salkin(!) Is Among Them [Updated]
    Men who look like lesbians. So true.
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    Image of BitchyD BitchyD
    12/16/09

    @Swifter: Lol! I was going to say the same thing.
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    Image of Senator Sully Senator Sully
    12/16/09

    @Swifter: I was going to say Gene Wilder, but I think you're more correct.
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    12/16/09

    @Swifter: Perfect.
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    Image of 1WordUp 1WordUp
    12/16/09

    @Swifter: That's a man? Seriously? With a penis and such? Does he know he looks like that? He looks like a Jheri Curl'd Bichon Frise.
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    Image of Gabriel Snyder Gabriel Snyder
    12/16/09

    @1WordUp: Oh come on, the guy deserves a break on the day he gets canned.
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    Image of 1WordUp 1WordUp
    12/16/09

    @Gabriel Snyder: Point taken. OK, he looks great today.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/16/09

    In reply to New York Times Barely Worth Freelancing For
    Shouldn't that read "Regret the Terror?"
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    12/16/09

    In reply to The French Resistance to Yahoo's Cost-Cutting CEO
    Watching this video, I was reminded that the beautiful French language is uniquely and supremely suited to bullshitting. So much so that they have a word for it--glossolalie, which means "the art of employing the maximum amount of fancy words to obfuscate actual meaning and communicate absolutely nothing."

    Vive la glossolalie!
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    12/16/09

    In reply to The French Resistance to Yahoo's Cost-Cutting CEO
    I'd say this video is a perfect explanation of why Yahoo doesn't want to throw good Euros after bad.
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    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    12/16/09

    @Swifter: So, making one million euros per worker is bad?
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    12/16/09

    @valet_of_the_dolls: Not at all, particularly when it can be done with US workers instead of French ones.
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    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    12/16/09

    @Swifter: How is "1 million euros per worker" bad?
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    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    12/16/09

    @Swifter: I'm not sure how that posted twice, but the first one did disappear for a while, I swear...

    And yes, I see your point now.
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    Image of NerzzleintheVerzzle NerzzleintheVerzzle
    12/16/09

    @valet_of_the_dolls: Don't tell me you believe that nonsense.
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    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    12/17/09

    @NerzzleintheVerzzle: I don't believe or disbelieve it. Forming even an educated guess would take a little more reading on the subject than I'm willing to do this morning. I was just trying to figure out what the initial post meant.
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