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Dec 19 2008 2:30pm EDT

(Early) Late Breaks: Journalists, Future and Former

-There were 13 percent fewer magazine launches in 2008 than in 2007, raising the question. Wild hunch: There will be even fewer next year. [Crain's]

-I didn't meet too many actual laid-off people at the American Society of Shit-canned Media Elites' party the other night, but Nat Ives found a few. [Ad Age]

-Speaking of layoffs, the rumor of the day is they're cutting jobs at Inc. [Gawker]

-Journalism school: Is it worth it? Verdict: Only if you want to teach journalism. Otherwise, start a blog and save yourself $80,000. [Jossip]


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