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1. June 5, 2012 03:50 PM

   GOOD Mag to be ‘a Reddit for social good’ (updated)

   Ex-staffers at work on a new publication

   By Alysia Santo

   GOOD magazine fired six of its nine-person editorial staff on Friday—and two others accepted buyouts—as part of a move from being a journalism-focused outlet to a community engagement platform. “They said they wanted to be a Reddit for social good,” says Megan Greenwell, the former managing editor at GOOD. Staff members from GOOD magazine told CJR they had suspicions that...

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2. June 18, 2012 06:50 AM

   Audit Notes: Very profitable staff cuts; Dimon’s crisis bet; Obama and trade

   Time Inc. squeezes Sports Illustrated for more money

   By Ryan Chittum

   Bloomberg's Edmund Lee gets a great quote from the editor of Time Incorporated's Sports Group, Terry McDonell, on why Sports Illustrated is reducing its staff of reporters and editors via buyouts: “Everything is about money eventually and being more efficient,” he said. Although Sports Illustrated, which has 210 editorial employees, is “very profitable,” the reductions will allow the magazine to...

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3. June 13, 2012 10:43 AM

   Heresy on the bayou (updated)

   Times-Picayune drops its restaurant critic

   By Brent Cunningham

   More than the news that it would no longer publish every day; more than the rumor that those left in the newsroom will be compensated, in part, based on the traffic their stories generate; more than the dismay of learning that industry “upheaval,” as one newsroom executive put it, could decimate an outlet that Hurricane Katrina could not… The news...

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