#Roughly 120 Hearst staffers opt for buyouts, sources say

#Roughly 120 Hearst staffers opt for buyouts, sources say

“#Roughly 120 Hearst staffers opt for buyouts, sources say” The voluntary buyout offers Hearst Magazines extended to 600 employees in its sales, marketing and ad side has resulted in close to 120 staffers raising their hands, sources tell Media Ink. That amounts to over 5 percent of the division’s 2,200 person workforce in a magazine…

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#Indonesian LGBT+ magazines find a second life online

#Indonesian LGBT+ magazines find a second life online

“#Indonesian LGBT+ magazines find a second life online” JAKARTA, May 19 – Two men embracing on a magazine cover was more than risqué for Indonesia, thought LGBT+ researcher Ais, when he first discovered a trove of retro LGBT+ zines in Bali last year. “Suddenly it felt like I was a part of something bigger than…

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#Hearst offers buyouts to all sales and marketing staffers

#Hearst offers buyouts to all sales and marketing staffers

“#Hearst offers buyouts to all sales and marketing staffers” Hearst Magazines, which has mostly avoided layoffs since the pandemic began, said Thursday it will offer voluntary buyouts to all its sales and marketing employees as well as the iCrossing digital ad agency in the US. The publisher of Cosmopolitan, Esquire and Harper’s Bazaar did not…

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#Dylan Howard’s Empire Media acquires 12 digital and print brands

#Dylan Howard’s Empire Media acquires 12 digital and print brands

“#Dylan Howard’s Empire Media acquires 12 digital and print brands” Fresh off his acquisition of Radar Online, controversial editor-turned-CEO Dylan Howard is gambling that he can introduce a dozen titles to the US market using a formula that embraces high-priced quarterly print editions and consumer-friendly digital titles. Howard on Thursday announced his newly formed Empire…

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#Radar Online sold to Dylan Howard, beefs up staff

#Radar Online sold to Dylan Howard, beefs up staff

“#Radar Online sold to Dylan Howard, beefs up staff” Dylan Howard, who played a key role in the National Enquirer’s “catch and kill” scandal before exiting American Media last year, has quietly purchased Radar Online from his former company, now known as A360Media. Howard is expected to run the celebrity and gossip website separately from…

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#Fortune workers walkout over claims of unfair labor practices

#Fortune workers walkout over claims of unfair labor practices

“#Fortune workers walkout over claims of unfair labor practices” Fortune’s unionized staffers staged a 24-hour work stoppage on Tuesday over alleged unfair pay practices and other concerns.. Roughly 35 writers, copy editors and other members of the NewsGuild stopped working at 9 a.m. Tuesday over what the union says is the company’s efforts to encourage its members…

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