I'm not convinced it's all that suspicious. Some immediate thoughts: - it's the start of a new year. New budgets. Plus laying people off just before the holida

I'm not convinced it's all that suspicious. Some immediate thoughts: - it's the start of a new year. New budgets. Plus laying people off just before the holidays is a baaaad look. - it's a lot easier to do this when lots of other outlets are doing it too, because you'll get less attention - all these companies rely on advertising for revenue, often from the exact same sources. So any softening in ad prices would affect a lot of people at once. - this is actually the latest in a long, long line of media layoffs and redundancies