internal-memos

Bloomberg Boss Lectures Businessweek Newbies

Hamilton Nolan · 01/07/10 09:30AM

BusinessWeek has been absorbed into the Bloomberg mothership. Now, shouty Bloomberg standards enforcer Matthew Winkler is gently teaching the new guys how to do "journalism." A tipster forwarded us this lecturey item from Winkler's year-end "Weekly notes" memo, below.

Gawker Gives Up Pageview Addiction, Quickly Picks Up a Monthly Uniques Habit

Gabriel Snyder · 01/05/10 04:23PM

Working out in the open is one of the joys of working at Gawker. So — if just to head off those annoying "you'll do anything for the pageviews" comments — I thought I'd pass along this morning's memo from overlord Nick Denton to all of Gawker Media. In a nutshell, Nick's changing all of that for 2010 to a new bonus system that's going to be based on each site's monthly U.S. uniques instead of pageviews.

The Time 5WPR Had a Nasty Ladies Room

Hamilton Nolan · 12/16/09 02:32PM

It's a Christmas miracle: a tipster has forwarded us a historic May, 2007 internal staff email from our favorite public relations powerhouse, 5WPR. It seems someone (ladies) could not keep the poop flushed and the tampons put away properly.

New York Times Union Prepares Members For Layoffs

Hamilton Nolan · 12/15/09 09:07AM

The following memos went out to members of the Newspaper Guild, the union representing the New York Times newsroom. In the first memo, the Guild says it has successfully managed to make the NYT adhere to seniority rules regarding the year's final round of layoffs—coming today. In the second memo, the Guild says it's offered a plan to the company regarding the outsourcing of News Service jobs to Gainesville. [If you know more about the NYT layoffs, email us].

Ravi Somaiya · 11/27/09 12:01PM

This is why you shouldn't ask people to work for free.

New York Restaurant Owners Turn Evil

Ravi Somaiya · 11/20/09 07:09AM

Times are tough, and people are sat at home chewing bellybutton fluff instead of eating out or ordering in. What are restaurant owners doing? Some are not paying staff, and others are sending abusive emails calling them "fucking lazy motherfuckers."