Categories: OLD Media Moves

Two WSJ.com staffers laid off

Jon Fine of BusinessWeek is reporting that two business journalists who work at the Wall Street Journal‘s online operations have been laid off.

Fine writes, “News Corp’s Wall Street Journal today let go of at least two online staffers, insiders report. They are Cybele Weisser, the personal finance editor, and Laura Lorber, its small business editor.

“A spokeswoman declined to comment, as did other Journal executives that would respond to email inquiries. Attempts to reach the affected staffers were not immediately successful.

“It’s not clear whether these cuts are isolated, or whether something larger is brewing at the Journal or even throughout Dow Jones. But remember, for what it’s worth, that the last major round of layoffs within Dow Jones, which happened in mid-July, were preceded by a smaller cut of five high-ish level online Journal staffers.”

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