IB Times layoffs include tech reporters, labor reporter

Peter Sterne of Politico has names of some of the journalists who were laid off by the International Business Times on Thursday.

Sterne writes, “At least fifteen editorial employees were laid off on Thursday. They include: enterprise editor John Simons, deputy tech editor Paul McDougall, social media editor James Sienkievic, Silicon Valley correspondent Salvador Rodriguez, tech reporters Luke Villapaz and Mike Brown, national security reporter Jeff Stone, national political reporter Andrew Perez, labor reporter Cole Stangler, defense reporter Chris Harress, religion reporter Ismat Sarah Mangla and breaking news reporters Adam Lidgett, Sarah Berger, Aaron Morrison and Jackie Salo.

“Many of those laid off learned of their status when they received calls to their desk phones summoning them to meetings. One employee, who was away from their desk, received a text message asking them to report to the boardroom.

“Newsweek, which is owned by IBT Media, was not affected by the layoffs.”

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