TIME INC. LAYS OFF 250

Media Works News...AdAge ^ | April 07, 2006 | Nat Ives

[george76]

Mid-Level Business Staffers Hit Hardest...

Time Inc. eliminated another 250 jobs today in its latest, largest and, perhaps, last round of cutbacks.

The mid-level and junior-level workers shown the door almost all came from the business side of operations at a long list of titles.

"As Time Inc. continues to evolve from a magazine publisher to a multiplatform media company, we're continuing to look at our cost base and how to run our business more efficiently and effectively.

In doing so, unfortunately, we've had to eliminate a number of positions."

"But it's not just about cost cutting," Ms. Zelenko added...

[Borges]

I agree. I've never gotten the joviality on these threads.

[Interesting Times]

Time Inc. eliminated another 250 jobs today in its latest, largest and, perhaps, last round of cutbacks.

It can't be the last round.

There are still employees left.

[softwarecreator]

If their job is to push liberal and anti-American agendas then I can and will feel happy about it.

Maybe we should free Moussaoui and Reid, after all, they were doing their jobs.

[MadIvan]

This is only the beginning. The old media has a problem - they don't know how to be as dynamic, timely and interesting as the new media. They are trying to adapt - badly - and they are hamstrung by an old prejudice: they used to believe they had the right to shape opinion. The audience has rebelled and wants truth, not propaganda.

I believe media organisations, as such, will be downsizing further in the future.

Regards, Ivan

[Cobra64]

I stopped reading that rag over 20 years ago.

You must be a youngster. I stopped as a college Junior in 1970, and only got my news from The Wall Street Journal.

[abb]

DINOSAUR MEDIA EXTINCTION ALERT!!

[Polyxene]

"Don't ask for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for TIME."
(and all of the other drive-by media)

[george76]

Sinking readership and revenue, because of biased and mediocre reporting, is finally taking its toll...

[Euro-American Scum]

What is so funny about people losing their jobs? Liberal or not.

You forget. We hate wage earners here. It's kind of a litmus test, right alongside worshipping Wal-Mart executives and kissing the ground they walk on.

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[kjo]

The only place I ever see this magazine is in waiting rooms. I'm not kidding. Who reads this junk anymore, besides others in the MSM?

[caisson71]

Haa, I was a junior in college in 1965. I was a confused Dimocrap at the time.

[bert]

....."TIME" to let them get a real job like the rest of us.....

The word on the street is that CBS is hiring. Katie Couric got on.

[gaijin]

I'm so sad that I hope their kids shiver at night AND STARVE TO DEATH.

--Hacking sound effect --

Green loogie in the editor's eye.

[Liz]

Heheh.........feel-good posts are nice. Thanks.

[BW2221]

Hopefully the same thing is happening at NewsWeak. That's even more left-wing and anti-American than Time. Can you say 'Elanor Clift?" Just say it, no pictures please.

[rabidralph]

I hope they all don't apply for public affairs jobs in the government.

The Department of Homeland Security official arrested Tuesday on charges of seducing a minor over the Internet faced disciplinary action at his previous workplace, Time magazine's Washington bureau, for misusing company equipment to download pornography, friends and former colleagues said.

[kinghorse]

Glad to see they stand behind their efforts to reduce global warming. If we can put everyone out of work they won't be able to afford to drive their cars or heat their homes. The glacier will be saved!!

[george76]