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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

    @Perhaps Not: The subject matter, not the post itself.

    Perhaps Not

  • Perhaps Not

    This blows.

    Perhaps Not

  • NowAvailableinExtraStrength

    Pity. Dade is one of the good guys over there.

    NowAvailableinExtraStrength

  • Swordfish

    And that leaves...WHO?

    Swordfish

  • burn_this_into_your_brains

    Damn. Copy editors are going the way of typesetters and photostat operators.

    burn_this_into_your_brains

  • Perhaps Not

    @NowAvailableinExtraStrength: Dade is an excellent guy, and this is a really poor decision.

    Perhaps Not

  • Odaecom

    @Perhaps Not:
    Yep Dade and Mr Speier were both great guys to work with.

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