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Friday, October 30, 2009

BusinessWeek’s Future Is Cloudy, but Better Than It Could Have Been: The Grim Non-Bloomberg Scenario

clint-escapesBusinessWeek employees are waiting to hear if they’ll have jobs once Bloomberg takes over the publication, and I’m told that staffers expect to hear their fate shortly after Thanksgiving. That has to be unnerving, but I can at least offer a little bit of comfort in the worst-case scenario employees would be facing had they been purchased by private equity firm ZelnickMedia. The short version: Almost everybody gets fired.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

How to Survive the Media Meltdown: “Imagination, Enthusiasm”

sunriseStill have a job in media? Looking for a wee bit of inspiration in a gloomy week in a miserable year? Here’s a free pep talk.

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Monday, November 10, 2008

Time to Quit? Layoff Memos From Time, Sports Illustrated, People and Fortune

At least some of the Time Inc. employees awaiting their fate finally got some news today. Managing editors at five of the magazine group’s titles that employ Newspaper Guild members–Time, People, Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Money–sent out memos asking for volunteers for a buyout program. That will reduce headcount by about 100 people, but there will be more cuts coming over the next few days and weeks.

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About Peter

Peter Kafka has been covering media and technology since 1997, when he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. Most recently, he has been the managing editor of the tech and media Web site, Silicon Alley Insider.

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Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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