artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/27/2009
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Sara Nelson, the editor in chief of Publishers Weekly, has been laid off in a restructuring by the publication's parent company, Reed Business Information.
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ComicMix QuickPicks - January 26, 2009
ComicMix —
... * Cripes, now they're laying off folks at Publisher's Weekly, including editor-in-chief Sara Nelson and about 7% of the staff. So far, Calvin Reid and Heidi Macdonald are unaffected directly. ...
Jan. 27, 2009: With great power comes great liability
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal —
... looks at the efforts by Tribune Co. and NY Times Co. to sell ancilliary properties in an effort to raise cash and stem the tide of red ink.
I don’t do Facebook, but I’ve been informed via e-mail: Chris Mautner mentioned on Facebook that his comics-related column for Pennsylvania’s Patriot News has been cancelled.
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