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Time Inc. Layoff Update: 30+ From Essence, Entertainment Weekly; Many More to Come

in Media on November 14, 2008 at 6:06 am PT

Another day, another few dozen firings at Time Inc. The Time Warner publishing unit let more than 30 people go from its Essence and Entertainment Weekly titles yesterday. That brings the total body count to about 250, which means that CEO Ann Moore still has a long way to go before she gets to her rough target of 600 job cuts this year.

Time Inc. Boss Ann Moore to Troops: “Act Like a Private Equity Company…We Will All Get Through This”

in Media on November 3, 2008 at 12:37 pm PT

The head of Time Warner’s magazine unit doesn’t give employees more details about the coming layoffs. Instead, she delivers a pep talk version–sort of–of the reorg memo she distributed last week: Suck it up, buckle down and get to work. We’re restructuring the company because the economy stinks, but we’re still a magazine company, and don’t lose sight of that.