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I worked there 10 years ago and couldn't tell you then. Newsweek had 300 staff and two IT departments: one for PC, one for Mac. Around 30 people total. Newswe
by notjustanymike 7y ago
I worked there 10 years ago and couldn't tell you then.
Newsweek had 300 staff and two IT departments: one for PC, one for Mac. Around 30 people total.
Newsweek was independent, so it had its own HR and legal teams. It had 4 people just to lay out ads in the magazine, even though they could all have been replaced with software.
Newsweek was owned by Washington Post, then Sidney Harman, then IAC. It was never profitable.
When we were acquired, rumor was we were losing $70 million a year.
Newsweek.com ran a full page takeover ad for scabies medicine. A gross scabies covered old man back was the first thing visitors saw on our homepage.
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