Archive for July 15th, 2008

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Media news: LA Times bloodbath, bloggers get richer, disillusioned print media

- The prolonged march of death for the newspaper industry continued today as the LA Times laid off 150 (!!!) of their staffers, all part of a greater plan of eventually cutting the cord on 250 employees (!!?!??!), or 17% of their staff.

The mass genocide coincided with the resignation of Ann Marie Lipinski, [...]

Abbott Lines, 7/14 (PM) - 7/15

What Are Abbott Lines?
I remember Packer taking notes at one of those sessions, walking out late one night and saying essentially, “I’m not going to be guilty of this anymore.” And very quickly the language that so offended many of us was eliminated from his analysis. Not reduced, not lessened . . . gone. More [...]