The digital winter turns apocalyptic – Columbia Journalism Review

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The digital winter turns apocalyptic

This week, as a long-predicted collapse seemed to hit digital media, we saw a few of the tried-and-true ways managers use to explain to employees why they’re  laying them off. BuzzFeed chose the language of corporation-as-family, with founder Jonah Peretti telling staff that making the decision was “upsetting and disappointing.” Verizon went with meaningless corporate-speak. […]

via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/buzzfeed-verizon-layoffs.php

THIS WEEK, AS A LONG-PREDICTED collapse seemed to hit digital media, we saw a few of the tried-and-true ways managers use to explain to employees why they’re  laying them off.