Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Anonymous@12:02 p.m wins first-report prize

That anonymous reader was first to report yesterday's news, writing at 12:02 p.m. ET, about CEO Craig Dubow's memo: "Just in more Furloughs in Q2." (Question: When did Dubow's note go out?)

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  1. Went out at 12:03 p.m. Clairvoyant!

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  4. I've been first poster for other news - where's my gold star? :(

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  5. Now, now, 4:13 am: It's nice to be important -- but it's important, to be nice!

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  6. Our publisher said he found out about the furloughs on Friday.

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  7. My editor left on furlough this week -- and the people who are filling in for him said they weren't given any heads up.

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  8. Someone posted that information during the weekend. Said it would happen on Monday.

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  9. In other words, the usual unknowing idiot took a wild guess and happened to be right.

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  10. Does it really matter? They should have waited until the beginning of Period 4. I'm on furlough and can't read my company E-mail. I had to find out here. At least they could have handled the announcement better if everyone, including directors, were in the office.

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