Rumors are in the air this
morning of big job
cuts to the news divisions of NBC and MSNBC, as Jeff Zucker hacks up his old
colleagues and saves the company a sweet $20-40 million. In other well-timed
holiday media layoff news, The Wall
Street Journal is planning newsroom
buyouts, a Santa Barbara copy editor is
fired (way harsh!) for a harmless gag gone wrong, and Viacom tells
freelancers to take their “benefits” and go straight to hell.
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