AOL will cut 1,000 jobs and shut European offices
AOL has moved to shut down many of its European offices after failing to reach a target of cutting a third of its worldwide workforce through voluntary redundancy.
The UK operation would see a “significant reduction” in staff numbers, the company said. It announced plans in November to cut 2,500 jobs across the world, with the aim of saving $300m a year, and about 1,100 employees have taken voluntary redundancy. More than 1,000 further job cuts are expected across the US and Europe.
“We will be significantly reducing our UK staff, but will continue to have a robust advertising operation as well as a consumer offering,” an AOL spokesman said in a statement. “Ireland will remain a [...]
Obama one year later
At noon tomorrow, Barack Obama passes the one-year mark of his presidency — giving a variety of groups yet another opportunity to grade his performance in office.
The results tend to be mixed, and agenda-driven.
Human Rights Watch gave Obama mixed reviews on reversing Bush administration counter-terrorism policies. “Key Bush-era abuses repudiated, but major problems remain,” the organization said in its report.
The American Civil Liberties Union also used the term mixed. “Of a set of 145 detailed recommendations the ACLU made to the new president upon his election, the administration has acted on just over one-third of them,” the organization said.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence , meanwhile, gave Obama an F for “concessions to the [...]
Hannah Montana ending next year
Singer Miley Cyrus will bid farewell to the role that made her famous, after a Disney spokeswoman confirmed that the series is scheduled to end next year.
The series, about a high school student who leads a secret life as a pop star, thrust teenager Cyrus – now 17 – into the spotlight when it began in 2006.
A big screen version of the show topped the US box office last year.
A Disney Channel executive said the series was expected “to wrap after shooting this new batch of episodes”.
The current season – which is reported to start shooting this month – is set to conclude in March 2011 with “a big one-hour event”.
“You never know in this [...]
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