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    Image of Rock tha Hizzee Rock tha Hizzee
    10/05/09

    In reply to Why Delay AOL's Mass Layoffs?
    It takes a long time to get all those layoff CDs printed and mailed out.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    10/05/09

    In reply to Why Delay AOL's Mass Layoffs?
    Well, as an investor-type, I can tell you that the reason these things are postponed is so that, when Newco is public, they can make this really positive-sounding announcement that there will be cost cuts (downsizing), and all the sell-side analysts will run to their models and raise their earnings targets because hey! a one-time charge for layoffs doesn't flow through your "normalized" earnings-per-share, but the benefits over time do.

    So I'd say it's a bit of window-dressing and smoke and mirrors, as these spinoffs usually are.
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    10/05/09

    @FormerEnglishMajor: and their year over year comparisons next year will be great because the first year will be burdened by the charge, right? so they'll make it look like, unburdened of Time Warner, they were finally able to unlock value.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    10/05/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: Yes. Not making the announcement isn't to prevent anything on Time Warner's part, but to put the finger on the scale on AOL's behalf. AOL doesn't have subscriber growth (quite the opposite), so the only way they can show earnings growth is by cutting costs, hard. Companies like Time Warner are "on the hook" for a bit after the spinoff (you don't want people suing you for fraudulent conveyance), so they try to save all the good news for the spinoff until after the company is on its own.
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    10/05/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: Yay daveyjones for getting starred!
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    10/05/09

    In reply to Why Delay AOL's Mass Layoffs?
    Time Warner doesn't want to compensate exiting employees. AOL can't afford a "deep restructuring" to be taking place during the sales process for the IPO to investors. Most importantly, I'd cynically state that the turd in the hand is worth way less than the birds in the bush here and that the sales process isn't exactly employing a frank appraisal of the company's future prospects.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    07/17/09

    In reply to Finally the Most Interesting Part of Project Runway: The Models
    Hey! This is going to cut into one of my Will & Graces!

    I knew Lifetime hated the gays!
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    Image of ellagood ellagood
    07/16/09

    In reply to Finally the Most Interesting Part of Project Runway: The Models
    models of the runway? i don't want to watch a show about my huggable hangers.
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    07/16/09

    In reply to Finally the Most Interesting Part of Project Runway: The Models
    If it makes Tim Gunn want to lose it, I don't like it either
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    Image of PauletteLentulus PauletteLentulus
    07/16/09

    In reply to Finally the Most Interesting Part of Project Runway: The Models
    It will suck if I have to read the live blog upside down and backwards.
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    07/17/09

    @PauletteLentulus: Just backwards. But you'll bet used to it.

    (Or maybe we can all persuade Gawker to bring back the "oldest first" viewing option by then.)
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    Image of itmustbeken itmustbeken
    07/16/09

    In reply to Finally the Most Interesting Part of Project Runway: The Models
    'I saw you eyeing my designer the other day.."
    Did she mean to say 'ass' instead of 'designer'. I often confuse those two things as well.
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    Edited by itmustbeken at 07/16/09 7:27 PM itmustbeken was starred itmustbeken was unstarred
    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    07/16/09

    In reply to Finally the Most Interesting Part of Project Runway: The Models
    You know what WON'T suck? Live-blogging Project Runway!

    New season starts August 20 - just five short weeks away. Mark your calendars!
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    Image of The Glad Family of Products The Glad Family of Products
    07/16/09

    In reply to Finally the Most Interesting Part of Project Runway: The Models
    Nobody cares about the models.

    You know that part on PR when they "eliminate" one of the models, and everyone acts sad about it? They are pretending. Nobody cares.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    07/16/09

    In reply to Finally the Most Interesting Part of Project Runway: The Models
    kind of like looking at mcdonald's from the livestock's point of view ... they're pretty much just there to be processed, and while we should treat them kindly, they don't really have much to say
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    07/16/09

    In reply to Finally the Most Interesting Part of Project Runway: The Models
    I'm confused as both Courage Under Fire and Vantage Point were extremely awful movies. It didn't hurt Denzel much, but Meg Ryan ended up living as a reclusive sea monster until her face could be sufficiently turned to stone, which has happened, and showcased in some recent movie about menopause and manless dowagers in Connecticut, which also must have been the reason for her putting crazy-town earwigs in Dennis Quaid, since they were once married and both made bad movies about time-tracking. That's probably mostly not a coincidence.

    Anyhoo, was Lifetime the only choice for Project Runway? What, was AMC too busy with their 60's show to put in a decent bid for fashion fabulousness?
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    07/16/09

    In reply to Finally the Most Interesting Part of Project Runway: The Models
    While I've been much maligned in the past for stating that I enjoyed the "watching the models" part of project runway more than the "watching the bitchy gay people make clothes" part, I'm sensing total flop.
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    07/16/09

    In reply to Finally the Most Interesting Part of Project Runway: The Models
    Remember when nutty Morgan missed all her fittings, had random breakdowns, and slept with all my friends?

    Yeah, those were the days in PR history...
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    06/19/09

    In reply to Maxim Sure One of These Spinoffs Will Work
    Sponsors for the TV show


    1. Vaseline
    2. Wesson
    3. Johnson's Baby Oil
    4. Jergens

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