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Layoffs at Yahoo!

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by TigerVols, Dec 4, 2011.

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  1. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    I've got to think, unless they want to blow up the whole thing, that the sports stuff -- especially during football season with fantasy football bringing in so many eyeballs -- generates so many hits, they division is (relatively) safe.
     
    Double Down, Dec 7, 2011
    #37
  2. Screwball

    Screwball Active Member

    They had all those fantasy eyeballs before they spent a lot of money hiring journalists, if I recall correctly.
     
    Screwball, Dec 7, 2011
    #38
  3. podunk press

    podunk press Active Member

    A safe job in journalism?
    That's a funny one.
     
    podunk press, Dec 7, 2011
    #39
  4. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Traded emails with someone there and to say they are freaking out would be an understatement.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Dec 8, 2011
    #40
  5. Charlie_Hustle

    Charlie_Hustle New Member

    Really sad to see this. There's a lot of great talent writing for Yahoo! sports right now. Superior reporting, IMO, to ESPN and many other sites.
     
    Charlie_Hustle, Feb 5, 2012
    #41
  6. 3OctaveFart

    3OctaveFart Guest

    Yahoo Sports has hired Bob Condor, formerly of NHL.com, Chicago Tribune and NYDN, as its new executive editor.
     
    3OctaveFart, Mar 7, 2012
    #42
  7. geddymurphy

    geddymurphy Member

    Took me a while to realize this was an old thread that was being resurrected, given the fact that Yahoo(!) has been in the news so much lately.

    What's funny is that none of the tech writers who breathlessly follow every major shareholder's utterance seem to realize that it has the #1 sports brand.
     
    geddymurphy, Mar 7, 2012
    #43
  8. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Yeah, I thought the revival of this was the news from earlier in the week that the new CEO is said to be contemplating "thousands" of layoffs in the next month or so.
     
    MileHigh, Mar 7, 2012
    #44
  9. JPsT

    JPsT Member

    While we're here, anybody know what happened with Matt Hinton (fka Dr. Saturday)?
     
    JPsT, Mar 8, 2012
    #45
  10. geddymurphy

    geddymurphy Member

    Anyone ever read the comments at Yahoo? They're even worse than the typical sports site. Hard to draw too many conclusions from that, but have they attracted a higher percentage of Neanderthals than most sites?
     
    geddymurphy, Mar 8, 2012
    #46
  11. Fran Curci

    Fran Curci Well-Known Member

    Bob Condor ---- an impressive guy.
     
    Fran Curci, Mar 8, 2012
    #47
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