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carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/28/2009

A Shock to the System

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On a day when news of more than 75,000 layoffs came down in all sectors of the economy, it is silly to point to a single one that suggests Armageddon is nigh, but the Bagger can tell you seeing Anne Thompson's name on the cut-down list at Variety sent a shudder through the community.

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weblogs.variety.com - 1/21/2009

Sundance Watch: John Anderson Pounds Jeff Dowd

— weblogs.variety.com — Opinions fly at the Sundance Film Fest but so did fists Wednesday morning when critic John Anderson,... who was covering the 8:30 screening of the agit-prop political doc DIRT for Variety at the Holiday CInemas, told producer's rep Jeff "The Dude" Dowd ... Sundance Watch: John Anderson Pounds Jeff Dowd

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weblogs.variety.com - 1/27/2009

Recession Red

— weblogs.variety.com — On a recent trip to the wine country, I bought four bottles at $9.99 apiece of the... Gainey Vineyard's latest label: Recession Red. Little did I know that I too would be hit by the diving economy. Today I got slashed from the ranks of Variety staffers ... Recession Red

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Red Band

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deadlinehollywooddaily.com - 1/26/2009

Variety Staff Layoffs Coming This Week (Plus, Bart vs Debalko Feud Brewing); B&C Downsizing To ...

— deadlinehollywooddaily.com — I first received word that chief marketing officer Madelyn Hammond left Variety on Friday. This was her... second go-round at the trade after being associate publisher and rejoining in December 2007. "I can't believe they let her get away. This is the ... Variety Staff Layoffs Coming This Week (Plus, Bart vs ...

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Some Came Running — ... I'm sure that, aside from her understandable irritation at the circumstance, my old pal Anne Thompson is at least a little chuffed to see her layoff from Variety cited as pretty much akin to the opening of the seventh seal in the Book of Revelations or some such thing, by no less an authority as Carpetbagger David Carr. This is "the kind of layoff that signals that something in the middle is breaking, that something besides retrenchment is underway," Carr trembles. And, again, as much as I respect the man, I have to note that it must be awfully cozy ...