Posts tagged Layoffs
In a year of layoffs, game employment rises slightly in North America (via postie)
Dec 22nd
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Although the game industry has had plenty of layoffs this year, a new survey shows that the employee count at video game companies in North America rose slightly this year.
The employee count rose to 44,806, up marginally from 44,400 a year ago, in the third annual survey by Game Developer Research. The job [...]
Venture capitalists say industry will shrink, slowly
Dec 16th
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The chorus declaring that the venture capital industry is shrinking now includes 90 percent of VCs, according to the National Venture Capital Association’s annual survey, Venture View 2010.
That’s, uh, pretty overwhelming. Things are a little more divided when it comes to the size of the contraction, but even then 58 percent of respondents [...]
Web-based toy maker Smith & Tinker lays off 30 percent of staff (via postie)
Dec 1st
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Smith & Tinker had a high-profile launch of its Nanovor toy and accompanying game web site this fall. It was billed as a marriage of toys and online games.
But yesterday the company laid off about 30 percent of its staff, which may be about 15 of its 50 or so employees, VentureBeat has [...]
Updated: Current TV not immune to traditional media’s woes with 80 layoffs
Nov 12th
Current Media is at the axe for the second time, laying off 80 employees as it plans to outsource more of its programming. Despite its new-media upbringing, the company co-founded by Al Gore isn’t immune to the struggles of its predecessors. It shelved plans for an IPO to raise as much as $100 [...]
Current TV not immune to traditional media’s woes with 80 layoffs
Nov 11th
Current Media is at the axe for the second time, laying off 80 employees as it plans to outsource more of its programming. Despite its new media upbringing, the company co-founded by Al Gore isn’t immune to the struggles of its predecessors. It shelved plans for an IPO to raise as much as $100 [...]
