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more about #timewarner more comments → rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: It's still better than "within five days of publication" like my last would-be boss tried to sneak past me. more » D2theMatthews: Where's your Freelancer's Union now? more » Swifter: This is a standard business practice. more » daveyjonesisdead: Early payment discounts are pretty common, but usually are involved when the purchaser is paying a lot of money. This sort of flips it on it's head an... more » BxgrlJeri: I will gladly pay you on Tuesday for a hamburger today. more » AzureTexan: OK, fine, but if they're still late on a payment, do we get to go break the thumbs of Jeffrey L. Bewkes? more » iplaudius: So are they admitting that they do not pay people according to the terms of their contracts? more » RandomLunatic: God, I'm so embarrassed to say this, but there have been times when if I'd been presented such an option, I would have taken it in a heartbeat. more » miss_msry: I've been needing a Time, Inc. t-shirt. Give me a call, I still shoot film. more » TheSometimesWhy: History proves that few people have ever gone broke loan-sharking. Welcome to the tank, Time, Inc. more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Eeerily close to a decade since AOL swallowed Time-Warner more » badasscat: There's a "You've got Mail!" joke in here somewhere. There always is. more » atlasspanked: You've got fail. more » JulieJewel: I was at a film premiere in NY a couple of months ago where Alan Horn got up and made a big pitch for his charity that supports environmental causes.... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: They should get together with Nancy Pelosi and have themselves a good ol' fashioned jetfuel jam-bo-ree. #privatejets more » -
#ripoffs
Time Inc. Will Pay You Promptly, If You Pay Them for the Service
Time Inc. has opened up a fantastic new market: charging its freelancers for the privilege of being paid for their work in a timely fashion. More » -
#holidaze
The Incredible Shrinking AOL
Just in time for Christmas, AOL is asking 2,500 of its workers to volunteer for buyouts starting Dec. 4 (layoffs come after) as the company separates from Time Warner and a shadow of its former online conglomerate self. More » -
#therich
Time Warner Still Has Three Corporate Jets That Should Be Sold
Sure, about 450 Time Warner magazine workers will soon be jobless, but times are also tough for company executives: They just can't sell their company-sponsored private jets, and must continue to possess the posh mini-airliners. Such a bummer. More » -
#media
Media, In Ted Turner's Misguided Dreams
Ted Turner distanced himself from the media business in 2006, when he stepped down as vice-chairman at Time Warner, which previously bought his eponymous broadcasting company. And now envisions a magical world in which he again calls the shots. More » -
#spinoffs
Why Delay AOL's Mass Layoffs?
Everyone knows Tim Armstrong is planning more layoffs at AOL once the company is spun off from Time Warner. So why let them hang over the company's return to the markets as an independently-traded stock? More » -
#mediacrack
The Times' Standards Editor Will Poop No More
In your friendly Friday media column: the NYT's standards editor retires, a Russian journokabob scandal, Time Warner really loves this "magazine" business, and the magazine industry has big plans, sure. More » -
#mediacrack
Optimistic, and Crazy? J-School!
In your darkening Wednesday media column: J-school mania explained, the Food Network thrives, media conglomerates put on a happy face, and Adam Rubin gets plenty of sympathy. More » -
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#deals
Is There a Coporate Suicide Plot Behind AOL Spinoff?
The surrender of AOL was a humiliating enough denouement for Time Warner, the old-line media conglomerate once imagined invincible. But there's talk it could get worse. What if Time Warner ceased to exist as an independent concern? More » -
#spinoffs
The AOL-Time Warner Saga Bookends One Sorry Decade
The 21st century dawned with news that two media megaliths, AOL and Time Warner, were to merge. Critics howled that the vast tentacles of a combined AOL-TW would subsume us all. Today, Time Warner confirmed it's spinning off AOL, ending a business saga that defined whatever you're calling the 2000s. More » -
#media
Media Companies Lick the Dirt
It's not a great time to be a media conglomerate. Time Warner and Barry Diller's IAC both put out earnings this morning that are pretty painful. Especially for Time Inc. More » -
#exits
AOL Boots Loser CEO for Google's Tim Armstrong
At last, AOL has done something right: The Time Warner Internet unit has hired Google's Tim Armstrong as its new CEO, booting the laughably incompetent duo of CEO Randy Falco and COO Ron Grant.
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#layoffs
Attention, AOL Layoff Victims: Steve Case Is Sad
AOL, the failing Time Warner Internet unit, is laying off another 700 employees via emails alerting them to an "important meeting." Even the pink-slipping process is predictable now. And former CEO Steve Case? He's sad. More » -
#history
Happy Birthday, Time Warner. Enjoy It.
Do you know what today is? It's the 20th anniversary of Time Warner. The massive merger that created the media behemoth happened on March 4, 1989. Time Warner was the future! And now? More » -
#mediacrack
Alt-Weeklies Doing Way Better than Time Warner
In your frostbitten Wednesday media column: Time Warner burns billions, the Daily Beast loses luster, alt-weeklies miraculously manage, and more! More » -
#mediacrack
Bankruptcy, Layoffs, Shutdowns, and Spinoffs
Your cold (double meaning) Friday media column: Star Trib goes bankrupt, layoff rumors, and you can watch Al Jazeera instead of reading book reviews, which will soon be nonexistent: More » -
#feuds
'Bromance' Crisis Averted in Viacom, Time Warner Settlement
After Viacom went blazingly public Wednesday with its threat of an MTV/Comedy Central/Nickelodeon blackout on Time Warner Cable, an 11th-hour truce settled the matter just in time for 2009. -
#television
Threats To Take Away Your MTV Predictably Empty
Yesterday America fell to its knees, wailing, because Time Warner threatened to pull several networks off the air because of a spat with Viacom. Well it's all over now so return to the couch, sheep. More » -
#feuds
SpongeBob on Strike: Viacom Threatens to Pull 19 Channels From Time Warner
Ensnared in a vicious battle over 23 cents per customer, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Daily Show, South Park and the rest of Viacom's cable offerings may vanish tonight for 13 million Time Warner subscribers. -
#theriches
Millionaire Media Moguls Slightly Less Rich
Did you know that when the stock market goes down, media bosses get poorer like magic? It's true — and the fact that it's a totally obvious point doesn't make it any less fun!
