Music Thing was a site I checked daily. Sad to see it go, but the owner has landed a cool job...

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The things I learned doing Music Thing (the internet stuff more than the guitars shaped like guns) have now helped me get a job where I'm in charge of the online output of The Times newspaper, managing 40+ people and a history going back to 1785. I spend all day on the web, talking and thinking about traffic, developers, links and readers. It's no longer what I want to do at home, so this will be the last Music Thing post.

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http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2009/01/end-of-music-thing-for-now.html

 And layoffs at Forbes...

...Peter Kafka, a former Forbes.com editor, reports that 19 have been laid off from both the print and online sides. Other sources give a breakdown: 17 from print, chiefly those with the longest tenure and hence the highest salaries; and 2 from the Web, both recent hires.

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http://valleywag.gawker.com/5124785/forbescom-magazine-united-at-last-by-layoffs