Ad Age: Time Inc. Cuts Some 500 Jobs

Posted on | January 30, 2013 | 2 Comments

 

By Nat Ives, Ad Age, Jan. 30, 2013

Time Inc., the pub­lisher of mag­a­zines includ­ing Time and Sports Illus­trated, has begun elim­i­nat­ing about 6% of its head count — nearly 500 jobs — in the biggest round of cuts at the com­pany since 2008.

With the sig­nif­i­cant and ongo­ing changes in our indus­try, we must con­tinue to trans­form our com­pany into one that is leaner, more nim­ble and more innately multi-platform,” CEO Laura Lang said in a memo to employ­ees today. “To make this change, we need to oper­ate as smartly and effi­ciently as pos­si­ble to cre­ate room for crit­i­cal invest­ments and new ini­tia­tives. These reduc­tions are part of this impor­tant trans­for­ma­tion process. ”

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2 Responses to “Ad Age: Time Inc. Cuts Some 500 Jobs”

  1. Becky Blanton
    February 1st, 2013 @ 4:50 PM

    Oddly enough, the demand for con­tent, white papers, ebooks and tech­ni­cal writ­ing is explod­ing, and most of it pays as much or more than the salaries that most jour­nal­ists made. It does, how­ever, require learn­ing a new field, new skills and a new way of relat­ing to people.

    While I hate to see so many jobs lost, it’s what you make of it. It’s hard work to retool your­self, but it can be done!
    What\‘s your name? What\‘s your blog?

  2. Susan Older
    February 5th, 2013 @ 11:32 AM

    Becky,

    You should expand upon this and turn it into a longer piece. We’d all like to know who we have in our com­mu­nity. Thanks for writing.

    Susan Older

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