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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Forbes Starts a Second Round of Layoffs; Who Else Will Join It?

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Forbes Media has begun a new round of layoffs and will let go of more than 50 people on its editorial and business teams, I’m told. The cuts are roughly proportional to the ones the business publication made in November and January when it consolidated its Web and magazine operations.

The question for the rest of the industry: How many other publishers will have to make a second round of cuts themselves?

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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. Read more »

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