Newsweek.com nervously awaits news of its fate (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

Yahoo News ^ | November 18, 2010 | Joe Pompeo

[abb]

Of all the players anticipating fallout from the forthcoming union of Newsweek and The Daily Beast, staffers for Newsweek's website may have the most to lose — namely, their jobs.

As the two money-losing news organizations meld into one, each party to the merger is eying possible redundant operations to cut. And Newsweek Daily Beast Co. seemed early on to have its sights set on Newsweek.com, which trumps the Web-only Daily Beast in traffic but not in buzz. Indeed, less than 24 hours after the merger was announced last Friday, Nov. 12, Daily Beast CEO Stephen Colvin had already suggested that Newsweek.com was as good as dead as The Beast prepares to absorb its roughly 5 million unique monthly visitors.

So if you were one of the people who makes that website tick, wouldn't you feel a bit, well, anxious? And would you feel any better if someone from the site that's about to swallow your own paid a visit to calm your nerves?

Daily Beast deputy editor Tom Watson thought such a visit might help. He dropped by Newsweek's soon-to-be-vacated West Village offices late Wednesday afternoon for a newsroom meeting with the dot-com staff to "calm fears and nerves," as one person who was present put it.

Watson was the right emissary for the task — he was previously the managing editor of Newsweek.com, from January 2007 through December 2008, so he is familiar and friendly with a handful of people who work for the site. (Watson also did a previous stint under Tina Brown, now editor-in-chief of both Newsweek and The Daily Beast, at her short-lived but much-hyped magazine start-up of the early aughts, Talk.)

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[ScreamingFist]

The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Kali means "the black one". Since Shiva is called Kāla - the eternal time, Kālī, his consort, also means "the Time" or "Death" (as in time has come)

[Iron Munro]

Sure they are losing money but they love Obama so maybe they can get a Stimulus grant.

[GeronL]

lol.

They be skeered?

The future cometh.

[Cyber Liberty]

I thought you were joking....I find it amusing the entire publication sold for less than the cover price of a single copy.

[Interesting Times]

Yo. Newsweak.

[Chode]

[sergeantdave]

The Goebbel’s dinosaur is sinking deeper into the tar pit.

[SunkenCiv]

A couple picked up around here, thanks to whomever posted 'em.

The collapse of the MSM will be offered as one of the alibis for seeking gov't control over the new media.

[SunkenCiv]

Here's one of those, "only when a Democrat is President" things (that goodness it's not more often):

• Newsweek Uses Same Excuse for Obama as Carter: Presidency Too Big for One Man

Thanks abb.

[cookcounty]

So they embrace Obama as Shiva, the Destroyer god! Amazing!!!

[BunnySlippers]

Fire all of them!

Oddly though, Tina Brown is even more to the Left.

[balls]

My thoughts exactly! Depsite what is shown on Hollywood/LA-centric TV, those locations are of such low value to the U.S that they are unlikey to ever be targets of terrorists. Only the stupid TV-addicted sheeple would notice if they were ever taken out!

[Tzimisce]

Thank god we have a roaring Obama economy so these unemployed journalists can find good jobs fast. :)

[IronJack]

“Newsweek’s West Village offices ...”

Translation: just another too-cool New York-based elitist “news” organization that can’t understand why it’s out of touch with readers.