Layoffs At Variety, Parent Company
After longtime Variety editor Peter Bart was eased out of power last week, the conventional wisdom was that major staff changes could be in store. And here they come, at the entire company. Layoffs!
Reed Business Information, Variety’s parent company, is laying off 7% of its total staff, and warning employees that unpaid furloughs may be coming next. Among the victims: Michael Speier, Variety’s executive editor.
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@Perhaps Not: The subject matter, not the post itself.
Perhaps Not
This blows.
Perhaps Not
Pity. Dade is one of the good guys over there.
NowAvailableinExtraStrength
And that leaves...WHO?
Swordfish
Damn. Copy editors are going the way of typesetters and photostat operators.
burn_this_into_your_brains
@NowAvailableinExtraStrength: Dade is an excellent guy, and this is a really poor decision.
Perhaps Not
@Perhaps Not:
Yep Dade and Mr Speier were both great guys to work with.