The Huffington Post began laying off employees Thursday as part of its parent company Verizon Media Group’s corporate restructuring plans.
Breitbart: HuffPost employees started receiving calendar invitations to meet with human resources in the morning, according to HuffPost reporter Andy Campbell. Among the areas impacted was the opinion editorial team, which was eliminated, Deputy Opinion Editor Chloe Angyal reported.
Verizon is cutting about 800 jobs, or 7 percent of its media and advertising employees, as it reorganizes the troubled division. The wireless company had hoped to create an ad business that could compete with Google and Facebook. It spent roughly $10 billion buying up former Internet pioneers Yahoo and AOL. However, Verizon found benefits from integrating those two companies were less than expected. The company slashed the value of its media unit by nearly $5 billion in December. The new CEO of Verizon’s media division, Guru Gowrappan, informed employees of the layoffs in an email Wednesday. He says the division’s priorities will now include focusing on mobile and video products and stemming declines with desktop users.
According to Politico media reporter Michael Calderone, the number of unionized employees axed from the media company stands at 15 with more cuts scheduled to be announced. read more
…uh, as far as I could tell, EVERYTHING in the HuffPo was an opinion, and a pretty stupid one, too…
Guru Gowrappan? “CEO”
Calderone? “Cauldron”
Angyal? “Angel”
Place your SuperBowl Bets NOW
Looks like Morning Joe’s Jive Keyboard Warrior Backdrops are gonna be a few (more than 2) feet people shorter. No Wonder MIKA and JOE BEEN HIDING.
Be Back Next Week Peeps was their Last Word to their Staff.
Double Sweet
Anyone got the Lunch List for the msNBC FREE FOOD CART Stops? Pass it on.
Guru Gowrappan must be one of those special visa hires! Doing the work Americans won’t do!
Actually they’ve kept the opinion section, they call that unbiased news.
@Supernightshade January 25, 2019 at 10:23 am
> uh, as far as I could tell, EVERYTHING in the HuffPo was an opinion, and a pretty stupid one, too
It’s a grrl thing. You wouldn’t understand.
These opinion piece jobs just aren’t coming back
Karma. The story at the link is hilarious. Huff Po jerks twitter they are being laid off, snarky twitter responds (including James Woods):
https://www.newswars.com/journos-meltdown-after-being-told-learn-to-code-in-wake-of-mass-layoffs-at-huffpo-buzzfeed/
Background: When coal miners and manufacturing jobs were disappearing, Huff Po writers condescendingly advised they should “learn to code”.
I’d recommend that the people losing their jobs begin poring over the want ads “seeking to hire assholes” section. It’s a sure bet there’s opportunity out there for your skills.
That’s some funny shit right there. It seems there is a small market for fake news
Bad News for Pizza Delivery Drivers.
Will be Stiff compitition.
Oh WAIT
Most of these New York Lay Offs can’t DRIVE.
Coding it is.
I know, right. Me too.
Q: What do you call a Ex-New York Limousine Liberal Pizza Delivery Driver?
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AN UBER
I truly didn’t know that Verizon owned Huffinton Post. If this is true, and I have never used them, I sure as hell won’t use them now.