Seria fatalnych wiadomości tylko z dwóch ostatnich dni i tylko z jednego źródła - dziennika THE NEW YORK TIMES:

1. Publishers announces stuff cuts: In a day of especially grim news for the book business, Random House, the world’s largest publisher of consumer books, announced a sweeping reorganization aimed at trimming costs, while Simon & Schuster laid off 35 people.

2. Jobs slashed at Viacom and NBC Universal: The downturn in the media industry got even deeper Thursday, as more than 1,300 people who work at Viacom and NBC Universal lost their jobs.

3. CNN science coverage imploding: CNN is eliminating its seven-person unit covering science, the environment, and technology, saying its “Planet in Peril” programs do the trick. Curtis Brainard, who assesses environmental coverage for the Columbia Journalism Review online, in a comprehensive piece on the move, said: “[T]he decision to eliminate the positions seems particularly misguided at a time when world events would seem to warrant expanding science and environmental staff.