Bleacher Report To Hire More Real Writers To Lead Amateur Army
Bleacher Report is using part of the $22 million cash infusion it received last summer to hire twenty bona fide writers. The move will likel…
Sprint Re-Org A Nod To Bring-Your-Own-Device And Piles Of Red Ink
Sprint (NYSE: S) is retrenching a bit following an exhausting year for the company, combining its consumer and business divisions in a move…
CNN Lays Off 50 Staffers, Citing ‘Workflow Changes,’ Reliance On User-Gen
CNN is cutting dozens of editorial jobs following a three-year review of its “workflow” operations, TV Newser reported. According to a memo…
Motorola Cutting 800 Jobs As Smartphone Group Still Seeing Red
Around 800 workers at Motorola (NYSE: MMI) won’t ever get to experience life as a Google (NSDQ: GOOG) employee, unless they join the search…
NYT To Cut 20 Newsroom Jobs; Plan Calls For Buyouts, Not Layoffs
Following recent warnings of Q3 revenue declines due to the weak economy, The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) is looking to cut 20 newsroom j…
BBC Cuts: Nearly 2,000 Jobs To Go
The BBC will axe nearly 2,000 jobs as it looks to save £670m a year in long-awaited cost-cutting plans announced on Thursday morning.
Nokia To Chop 1,300 People From Its Navteq Mapping/Commerce Division
No one ever said turnarounds were easy, and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) — currently the world’s largest handset maker — is one big ship. Today the c…
Mobile Lowdown 8-9-11: Apple/HTC/Lodsys; ZTE; Twitter/Square; Mobile Ads
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
— Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) patent cases: The ITC is launching its investigation of Apple’s pa…
RIM’s Co-CEOs Stay But 2,000 Losing Their Jobs; COO Leaving
Those “cost optimization” plans promised by Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) last month have kicked into gear. The company will lay off 10 pe…
Future Looks To Sell Eight Magazines, Lay Off 100 Staff In Digital Push
Another day, another publisher looking to take a step away from print. Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR), the UK-based special-interest magazine…