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The New York Times Cuts 50 Non-Newsroom Positions

May 4, 2012 By Brent Lang 3 weeks ago

Citing the difficult economy, the New York Times lays off members of its corporate and business staff

  

Yahoo Begins Layoffs of 2,000 Employees

April 4, 2012 By Tim Molloy 7 weeks ago

Company expects to save $375M annually

  

Yahoo to Cut Up to 2,000 Employees ... And That's Just the Beginning (Report)

April 3, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 7 weeks ago

Yahoo is going to lay off as many as 2,000 of its nearly 14,000 employees on Wednesday, according to a report from Kara Swisher

  

CNN Cuts Documentary Jobs in Shift Toward Acquisitions

March 22, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 9 weeks ago

CNN will trim down its documentary units and acquire them instead

  

Oprah Network Likely to Lose $142.9M This Year, SNL Kagan Says (Updated)

March 21, 2012 By Tim Molloy 9 weeks ago

SNL Kagan predicts massive first-quarter writedown -- Discovery said the Oprah Winfrey Network has more momentum than ever

  

L.A. Times Uncertainty, Turmoil: When Will It Ever End?

March 20, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 9 weeks ago

Morale at the L.A. Times is at an all-time low following the latest round of cuts at the paper, mired in its fourth year of bankruptcy

  

Los Angeles Times Cuts Staff Again (Exclusive)

March 20, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 9 weeks ago

The Los Angeles Times slashes a dozen newsroom jobs and takes buy-outs from at least one senior editor

  

Oprah's OWN Laying Off 30 in Restructuring

March 19, 2012 By Tim Molloy 9 weeks ago

Oprah Winfrey says layoffs are "necessary next step" for long-term health of OWN network

  

Lionsgate-Summit Laying Off 80, Signs Long-Term Deal With COO Steve Beeks

March 9, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 11 weeks ago

Layoffs, the result of January purchase of Summit by Lionsgate, amount to 12 percent of the workforce

  

Former L.A. Times Editor Russ Stanton Jumps to KPCC

January 24, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 17 weeks ago

He will oversee all of the public radio station's content

  

Relativity Lays Off 10 in Marketing and Operations

January 20, 2012 By Brent Lang 18 weeks ago

Staffing cuts represent five percent of the indie studio's work force

  

Imagine Entertainment Lays Off Staff After Universal Cuts (Exclusive)

January 12, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 19 weeks ago

Cuts come in the wake of the company's much-reduced deal with Universal and tepid movies like "Tower Heist" and "Cowboys & Aliens"

  

CNN Lays Off 50 Staffers After Employee Appreciation Week

November 11, 2011 By Brent Lang 28 weeks ago

Cuts come at the cable network's Miami, Washington D.C., New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta offices

  

Bob Berney Out at FilmDistrict on Heels of Depp's 'Rum Diary' Flop

November 4, 2011 By Brent Lang 29 weeks ago

Jeanne Berney will also depart as exec VP of Marketing under the consolidation, which comes a week after the disappointing debut of "Rum Diary"

  

Paramount Lays Off 120 in Global Theatrical Reorganization

October 27, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 30 weeks ago

International distribution president Andrew Cripps will be succeeded by former Disney exec Anthony Marcoly

  

NY Times to Buy Out Up to 20 Newsroom Staffers

October 13, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 32 weeks ago

Executive Editor Jill Abramson said there would be no layoffs

  

Paramount Pictures Shutters NYC Distribution (Exclusive)

October 3, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 33 weeks ago

With distribution contracts with Marvel and DreamWorks Animation ending, film studio liquidates New York distribution office

  

Washington Post Shutters Most of Its Local Bureaus, Denies It Is Retrenching

September 1, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 38 weeks ago

Paper, which closed all national bureaus in 2009, will only maintain its physical presence in capitals of Virginia and Maryland

  

Chicago Tribune Halts Tabloid Edition

August 31, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 38 weeks ago

After a brief dalliance with a tabloid copy, Chicago's largest newspapers refocuses on its broadsheet edition

  

Slate's Former Media Critic Jack Shafer to Live Chat About Layoffs

August 29, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 38 weeks ago

The Poynter institute is holding a live chat at 12:30 ET for Shafer to answer people's questions

  

Ex-LA Times Writer Mark Heisler Vents Again About Tribune

August 19, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 40 weeks ago

He writes a supposedly personal essay, but still points out many of the negative recent changes at the paper

  

Ex-LA Times Writer Mark Heisler: Paper's Awfully Good at Dumping People

August 5, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 42 weeks ago

The basketball writer, laid off in the most recent round, reflects on his 32-year career at the embattled publication

  

L.A. Times Cuts Veteran Writers Tim Rutten, Mark Heisler, Jerry Crowe

July 27, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 43 weeks ago

Several high-profile staffers are cut after movie advertising fails to deliver. A Metro editor tries to buck up: "We whip asses"

  

MySpace Expected to Sell for $35M By Wednesday (Updated)

June 28, 2011 By Lucas Shaw & Brent Lang 47 weeks ago

The one-time social media giant is expected to cut 50 percent of its employees

  

Warner Lays Off 50 in Home Entertainment, Consumer Products

June 10, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 50 weeks ago

Job cuts amount to about 7% of the studio's domestic work force; decline in DVD sales is blamed

  

Fox Home Entertainment Lays Off 22 People

June 8, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 50 weeks ago

The staffers worked in analytics and in information technology

  
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