• And the countdown is finally over! Time Inc. “bloodbath” said to begin today with 250 job cuts.
• Political satirist Art Buchwald is dead at 81. Ironically, the only person capable of turning that into a funny punchline: Art Buchwald.
• Web newspaper blog traffic has more than tripled since this time last December. Related: Jossip to find itself a newspaper sponsor ASAP.
• Ron Burkle and Eli Broad are in a bidding war against Chandler fam for the Tribune Co. Page Six to stay completely and utterly out of it.
• HarperCollins books to change their name, as part of plan to distance themselves “as far from Judith Regan as is humanly possible.”
• The Onion to partner with WaPo and move to D.C., despite fears that Dick Cheney will “shoot them in the face” over all the bad press.
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NancyN says:
Yeah, TW is laying off, while at the same time they’re pissing away over a million dollars on a stupid fucking lobby display at Colombus Circle. If Richard Parsons were White, he would’ve been dumped years ago.
Posted: Jan 18, 2007 at 11:32 am