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18 Articles match "Content","Layoffs"
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tags: reorg employment jobs layoff videogame content game Agoura Hills-based video game maker THQ said Wednesday afternoon that it is laying off around 60 employees, as part of a reorganization of its Juice Games and Rainbow Studios development studios. According to the firm, it has "refocused" the two units into THQ Digital Studios Warrington and THQ Digital Studios Phoenix, and reduced headcount at the studios by around 60.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tags: electronic arts games content pandemic shutdown layof Electronics Arts is shutting down Los Angeles-based Pandemic Studios , according to an internal note leaked to gaming news site Kotaku. According to the note, Electronic Arts has laid off around 200 employees, and transitioned the rest to Electronic Arts' Los Angeles office. EA bought Pandemic in 2007, in a deal worth $775M.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Straight content - no hype or fluff! Frequency: Recurring Cost: Free Review: None Added 9/18/09 by Todd Zebert Name: Layoff Bounce Back - Sharon Rich Sites: layoffbounceback.com/ Self-description: "unemployed? Frequency: "the first monday of every month, 9am sharp (PST) as long as the massive layoffs continue" Cost: Free "(REGISTER BELOW TO RECEIVE DIAL-IN INFO)" Review: I attended one of these in early September and I found it to be helpful in developing a positive "can-do" attitude and also with "realizing the This is a sister list to SoCal Networking Event Organizations and focuses on Networking and Social Media Job Search Webinars, Teleconferences and Podcasts.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Quoting a "source close to the company" VentureBeat said that the layoffs would be "drastic." Tags: veoh layoff jobs video conten San Diego- and Los Angeles-based online video site Veoh is reportedly in the midst of a "major restructuring," according to a report from VentureBeat . An email to Dmitry Shapiro, CEO of Veoh, this morning, asking for comments on the rumor was not returned.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tags: electronic arts games content pandemic shutdown layof Electronics Arts is shutting down Los Angeles-based Pandemic Studios , according to an internal note leaked to gaming news site Kotaku. According to the note, Electronic Arts has laid off around 200 employees, and transitioned the rest to Electronic Arts' Los Angeles office. EA bought Pandemic in 2007, in a deal worth $775M.
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Tags: jobs employment layoff content games wireles Calabasas-based THQ , which develops computer game titles, is closing its San Diego, UK, and Germany offices, and has laid off 100 employees, according to an email to employees from CEO Brian Farrell. The move is part of a restructuring of the firm's THQ Wireless operations.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tags: reorg employment jobs layoff videogame content game Agoura Hills-based video game maker THQ said Wednesday afternoon that it is laying off around 60 employees, as part of a reorganization of its Juice Games and Rainbow Studios development studios. According to the firm, it has "refocused" the two units into THQ Digital Studios Warrington and THQ Digital Studios Phoenix, and reduced headcount at the studios by around 60.
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Tags: video game studio content employment jobs layof Agoura Hills-based video game maker THQ announced this morning that it has "substantially completed" its latest business realignment, which will save the firm $220M in annual costs. THQ announced in February that it was cutting 600 people, or 24 percent of the workforce. THQ said that it will
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Agoura Hills-based THQ , a developer and publisher of video games, said Wednesday that it is making "additional cost reduction actions" which includes the layoff of approximately 600 people, or 24 percent of the company's workforce. Tags: employment jobs layoff video content gam THQ said the move was a response to the continuing uncertainty in the market. The firm said that the cuts include a reduction in product development spending by an additional $70M, through "studio dispositions" and other project and headcount reductions.
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
The layoffs occurred yesterday, when employees were notified of the move. Los Angeles- and San Diego-based Veoh (www.veoh.com), an online video sharing site, has laid off 20 people, or roughly 18-20 percent of the firm's employees. A spokesperson for Veoh told socalTECH that the changes affected every group in the firm, and was because the firm wanted
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Los Angeles-based 60Frames , an online entertainment studio developing professionally produced, online content, has reportedly shut down , according to The Hollywood Reporter . Tags: 60frames online entertainment content hollywood studio layoff shutdow 60Frames had raised $3.5M in funding in 2007, from Tudor Investment Corporation and the Pilot Group, and was apparently unable to raise a second round of financing.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
ManiaTV is a producer of original online content, which it distributes entirely online. Tags: employment merger layoff hollywood content acquisition entertainment maniat Los Angeles-based ManiaTV has reportedly laid off 15 of the firm's 33 employees, according to a report in The Deal, as the firm prepares to sell the company. The Deal said Revision3 is rumored to be a possible buyer for the firm.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Hollywood-based, music-related blog and content firm Buzznet has reportedly cut employees, according to a report from Digital Music News. According to the publication, citing a representative of the firm, Buzznet has eliminated 10 employees, from a total of 89 staff. This publication has not yet confirmed the cuts with the firm.
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