TV Guide Lays Off EIC, ME, Seven Other Edit Staffers

heroes-tv-guide-cover-small.jpgTV Guide, whose sale to Macrovision was completed last night, laid off nine editorial staffers including editor-in-chief Ian Birch, managing editor Lois Draegin and Steve Sonsky, an executive editor based in Radnor, PA. Consuela Golden, the magazine’s assistant managing editor, confirmed the news to FishbowlNY this afternoon.

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