With around 10 layoffs at the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, one of the town’s leading trades took another hit, leaving the entertainment industry’s traditional news organizations in reduced circumstances yet again.
The layoffs were the fourth wave of job eliminations in the past year at THR, and cut deep into the organization. Rose Einstein, the associate publisher and a respected Hollywood publishing executive, was among those to leave.
Also cut were art director Deeann Hoff, editors Dan Carlson and Chad Williams, graphic designer Angie Carmen and web staffers Ron Phillips and Tracy Baer.
In addition to the editorial division bearing the brunt of the layoffs, one of the company’s other trade publications, Radio & Records, closed altogether, leaving about 30 staffers out of work.