I know most of the focus of the bad economic times has focused on print, but it's also been tough for some web sites. I was a bit surprised at this since they just received another $12.5 million in funding and reportedly had layoffs last November.

Wired.com 'Gutted' in Conde Layoffs

 

More detail on the layoffs at Conde Nast Digital today (which is not an April Fool's joke, okay): Wired.com was reportedly hit hard. Internal turf war?

 

SAI says that Wired.com was "gutted." 

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http://valleywag.gawker.com/5194485/wiredcom-gutted-in-conde-layoffs

Buzz Media (formerly Buzznet) is the parent company of Stereogum, Absolute Punk, and Idolator.

Even a fresh influx of cash couldn’t keep online entertainment network Buzz Media (formerly Buzznet) from cutting staff: the company told paidContent that it is laying off more than 20 percent of its team today, leaving it with roughly 75 employees. The layoffs come as Buzz Media puts the brakes on plans to launch new properties, and will primarily affect product developers, engineers, design and editorial. CEO Tyler Goldman said the sales team wasn’t impacted, and that Buzz Media was actually “looking to add in that area.”

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http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-buzzkill-layoffs-hit-buzz-media/

 

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According to a Twitter post from Evan Hansen, the Web site's editor in chief, the company laid off 3 out of 25 full-time staffers or 12 percent of its workforce.

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"Reports of Wired.com 'gutting' greatly exaggerated," Hansen wrote on Twitter, presumably referring to published reports about Wired.com's layoffs. "We cut three staff, five contractors, (and) still have 45 people working for us overall."

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10210514-93.html