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Time Inc. Sheds Staff; CNN Revamps

RDlogo.gifTime Inc. plans 280 layoffs in New York, shutters a mag, and parts ways with dozens of staffers, while CNN sees a major shakeup and Vogue poaches a publisher from Marie Claire.
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TimeWarnerLogo.jpgCrunch Time for Time Warner (Daily Beast)
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes predicts that people will soon become accustomed to using a variety of technologies, both paid and free, to view movies, read magazines and newspapers, watch television and otherwise consume their favorite media.

Foreign Journalists Arrested in Tehran Crackdown (Times of London)
The Iranian regime has responded to mass protests in Tehran this week by implementing a crackdown on foreign journalists. Two Canadian, one Japanese and one Danish journalist are thought to have been arrested for "unauthorized reporting" on demonstrations Wednesday.

Must-Read TV: Ex-NBC Chief Warren Littlefield Penning Memoirs (The Wrap)
Former NBC Entertainment chief Warren Littlefield -- one of the architects of Must-See TV-- is writing his memoirs. Doubleday has bought the rights to the untitled tome, which Littlefield will pen with author/screenwriter T.R. Pearson. It's scheduled to be published in 2011.

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Listen: Inside PEN's Prison Writing Program

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Taylor shared his experiences working with hundreds of imprisoned authors and creative writing mentors. The writing program will be celebrated on Monday at Breakout: Voices from Inside--a fundraising event with appearances by Mary Gaitskill, Eric Bogosian, and John Turturro.

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Changes Unfurl at Time Inc.; Shakeup at CNN

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