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WSJ Reporters Forced To Lug Laptops
The implosion of American capitalism could not leave the Wall Street Journal unscathed. Newsroom staff, already working long hours covering the financial panic, now have to contend with a computer crunch. The paper is dropping its lavish policy of allowing staff two PCs, including one opulent "ultra-lightweight" notebook. Reporters who want the luxury of working from home or filing from the field will have to haul their full-sized laptops — bought from the company that spied on them — back into the office when done, because the Journal won't spring for a dedicated desktop PC. Those cost literally hundreds of dollars a piece, computer hogs. Also, no Macs, because those are for communists. Just be glad you didn't get laid off like those New Jersey people. Yet. The full internal memo is after the jump. More »
jobs
Robert Thomson Reshuffles WSJ Editors
Less than four months after he "broadened" the Wall Street Journal's Page One desk, promoting P1 editor Mike Williams to deputy managing editor and giving him oversight over investigative re porting, Journal editor Robert Thomson is again reorganizing the storied team. Williams, a pre-Thomson veteran once rumored to be in the Rupert Murdoch lieutenant's crosshairs, stays in place. But his deputy Mike Allen is moved to a new job where he will "nurture investigations" in foreign bureaus, under the title Page One Projects Editor. Allen was recently billeted to the international desk for a stint assisting another Deputy M.E., Nik Deogun, so the change isn't entirely out of left field. Moving up: Alex Martin, a Newsday veteran at the Journal just three years. Thomson's full memo on the changes is after the jump. More »
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WSJ Excited To Exploit Financial Catastrophe
It's the nature of the media business to take profits from the suffering of others, and coverage of the recent financial meltdown is no exception, helping to drive online traffic and (no doubt) newsstand sales. But the Wall Street Journal should be more discreet about its gloating, particularly given the newspaper will soon eject 50 of its own staff into the economic wilderness now home to the likes of Lehman Brothers. At least one Journal staffer was none too pleased to see an internal news item today headlined "Market Turmoil Provides Hook to Sell U.S. Journal in London." (It's reprinted in full after the jump.) More »
magazines
New In Style Editor: Ariel Foxman
Ariel Foxman is the new editor of Time Inc's In Style. Foxman spent five years at the magazine previously, leaving in 2003 to edit the men's shopping magazine Cargo. Is a gay male fashion expert a strange choice to lead a magazine with a heavily female readership? "While he may not be a buyer of Manolo Blahniks, he is a keen observer of fashion and popular culture," writes Time Inc. editorial boss John Huey, by way of explanation. Okay! Read Huey's full memo introducing the stylistic Foxman to the staff, after the jump. More »
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"Be Not Afraid": NYT Metro Editor Takes Comfort in Prayer for Newspaper Industry
The pressure of financial woes at the New York Times must be getting to its Metro editor Joe Sexton. (That's him, dancing to hip-hop on the last day in the paper's old W. 43rd Street building last year.) Remember, his section is the one they're planning to consolidate with sports. His most recent memo takes comfort in a bought-out Des Moines journalist's farewell speech. The Bible is involved! More »
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Elementary School Cancels Their Subscription to US Weekly
We just received a sternly-worded missive from the Orange Center Elementary School in Fresno, asking us to cancel their subscription to US Weekly. Presumably this is part of the wave of cancellations related to their totally controversial Sarah Palin coverage. This raises so many questions: what exactly is an elementary school doing with a subscription to US Weekly? And why did they e-mail us to cancel it? More »
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Time Out Boss Decries, Confirms Gossip
Time Out New York president Alison Tocci just sent out a memo to the magazine's staff addressing the "anonymous, typo-riddled post on Gossip, I mean, Gawker.com, which alludes to our imminent demise." She confirms TONY's money troubles, which were the subject of our rumormonger post yesterday, but says that the magazine's trusty investors are ponying up cash to ensure that everyone is paid! Within three months. The full zing-y memo: More »
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Gay Media Policy: Remember, No More White!
As Labor Day approaches, remember: wear no more white after this weekend! This is not a suggestion—it's company dress-code policy at Planet Out, the gay online portal. (Although West Coasters are allowed to wear light colors for a bit longer than their East Coast comrades.) Click for the memo. More »
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