Layoff Articles

‘South Park’ may be affected by Obsidian Lay-offs
By Chris Gabbard · March 14, 2012

Obsidian Entertainment is going through a round of lay-offs this week. In an interview with Joystiq, a source close to Obsidian said the team working on the new South Park RPG was affected, and an unnamed project has been cancelled. …

AOL’s 1000+ Employee Layoffs Looming
By Frank Reed · January 11, 2010

Back in November we talked about AOL’s need to trim their headcount by some 2,500 people. At the time the hope was that enough would walk away from their positions to avert the need for playing the bad guy and actually firing anyone.

Massive Layoffs Await MySpace Employees
By Bruce Houghton · June 12, 2009

Layoff described by one source as ":massive" are coming to MySpace although there is no official word yet from the company. MySpace shed 5% of its staff a year ago and laid of as many as 45 more last month. But these cuts will go far deeper, according to TechCrunch and could hit several hundred. Management will inevitably blame a tough economy and plummeting ad revenue, but declining traffic is the real culprit.

Flickr Is Target Of Yahoo’s Latest Layoffs
By Frank Reed · May 1, 2009

While it is no surprise that Yahoo started announcing the layoffs of between 600-700 people this week (the

MySpace Parent Company Laying Off 100 Jobs
By Danny Brown · January 28, 2009

myspacelogo In a move that won’t surprise as many people as it would have this time last year, Fox Interactive Media has announced it will be cutting its workforce by as many as 100 jobs. Fox is the parent company of social network site MySpace as well as Photobucket and various mobile sites.