Sommer Mathis of DCist is reporting cuts ahead at The Washington City Paper. According to a "newsroom insider," the paper (which, along with five other papers nationwide, is owned by Creative Loafing ) has to reduce its budget by $170,000.
Ms. Mathis quotes City Paper editor Erik Wemple as saying:
Like a lot of media companies, we are going through an exceptionally rough period, and indeed we are discussing how to cut expenses. I don’t want to cite any figures at this point because we are trying our best as a company to minimize the impact. But yes, layoffs are part of the discussion.
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Target's Latest High-Design Pick Falls Into The GapFrom: observer.com
Post Date: 2007-05-23 15:03:18
40-year-old designer Patrick Robinson, who is most recently famous for having been the latest high-end designer to sell a budget line of his wares at Target, has been snatched away by the Gap.
He leaves his full time gig at Paco Rabanne, where he was artistic director, to oversee design for Gap’s women’s and men’s apparel, accessories and intimates lines in North America. The press release can be read here . ...
more Pat Buckley, Remembered at the MetFrom: observer.com
Post Date: 2007-05-14 10:55:44
On the morning of May 14th, a certain Dr. Henry Kissinger was remembering the time the late, great Patricia Taylor Buckley received a phone call at her house at about 8 a.m.
The hour, close friends like Dr. Kissinger knew, was far too early to be calling Mrs. Buckley from any place but a hospital.
When a voice on the other line explained that it was the President calling for her husband, William F. Buckley Jr., she shot back: “The president of what?”
Dr. Kissinger was with more th...
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