Newsweek/Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown announced Thursday that she’ll be laying off members of the sites’ editorial team. Newsweek recently went entirely online. According to Jim Romenesko, Brown said “this is a very difficult day, and one that we approach with enormous regret.” Romenesko also links to a piece about some of the editorial staff quitting in light of the layoffs.
On the flip side, journalists at The National in Abu Dhabi have launched a Facebook campaign to get their boss fired. Journalists keep finding new ways to use social media!