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A lawyer takes a look at the Harper’s intern who sued Hearst for unpaid wages—what are the precedents here? Meanwhile, funemployment blog 405 Club makes a new set of ABCs, and more….

• When Is An “Intern” An Employee Under The FLSA? (via Wage & Hour)

• Check out our new pinboard, Unemployed Alphabet, highlighting… (via 405 Club)

• Tech journalist named Time editor at large (via Talking Biz News)

• CNBC hires exec to create reality programming (via Talking Biz News)

• Associated Press names Picht new Minnesota/Dakotas bureau chief (via Braublog)

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Patch says, despite reports, that it’s not cutting anyone and it’s not slashing its freelance budget….How to be a good PR intern….and more…

• Big Changes at Newsweek/The Daily Beast (via FishbowlNY)

• Patch Swears It Isn’t Cutting All Of Its Freelancers (AOL) (via SAI)

• ‘There are no layoffs planned,’ says Patch (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

• How to be a dream PR intern (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

• how to ruin your job interview (via Ask a Manager)

• David Schlesinger to leave Thomson Reuters (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

Brad Williams, who resigned from Groupon in September, has taken a job at Weber Shandwick….Geraldine Baum, who left her job as LAT New York bureau chief last month, has taken a post in nonprofit PR…and more stories, below…

• Former Groupon comms chief joins Weber Shandwick (via PRWeek)

• Recently Departed LAT Bureau Chief Jumps to Non-Profit World (via FishbowlLA)

• Vin Scully Not Traveling to Spring Training (via FishbowlLA)

• Jean de Boisdeffre Named Hearst Magazines International Senior VP/Advisor (via MinOnline)

• 10 Ways to Ruin a Job Interview (via On Careers)

• Bay Citizen, CIR announce intent to merge (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

• O, The Oprah Magazine Struggling (via FishbowlLA)

The Atlantic has hired Kate Julian from Slate…..Craig Copetas, Bloomberg’s Paris-based feature writer, has been canned…Country Living has given Kassie Means a promotion…and more….

• The Atlantic Snags Senior Editor from Slate (via FishbowlDC)

• Bloomberg News fires star feature writer Craig Copetas (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

• Country Living Promotes (via FishbowlNY)

• Miguel Marquez Joins CNN as an LA Correspondent (via FishbowlLA)

• Tom Weber joins Time as Assistant Managing Editor (via MinOnline)

• Jeff Tkach Promoted to Organic Gardening Publisher (via MinOnline)

• Draper-Watts joins Edelman’s StrategyOne (via Latest articles from PRWeek US News)

Among the layoffs at the Associated Press that have been coming in drips and drabs is diversity advocate Robert Naylor Jr. He had been director of career development/news there since 1987. This and more stories from the weekend, right below…

• AP Lays Off Diversity Advocate (via MIJE.org: Richard Prince’s Journal-isms)

• Former WNYW Sports Reporter Andy Adler Leaves KNBC (via FishbowlNY)

• Liz Aiello Ousted as WEMP Programming VP (via FishbowlNY)

• DKC Internal Memo Demands Better Media Hits… Or Else (via PRNewser)

• Kate Julian Joins The Atlantic as Senior Editor (via MinOnline)

• Staff Reduction at CNN’s Asia Bureaus (via TVNewser)

• Selena Roberts Leaves Sports Illustrated (via FishbowlNY)

Sister blog FBDC asks why Washingtonian has gone through three web editors in two years…staff cuts in Jakarta and Bangkok…”one of SI’s best writers” is leaving to create a sports journalism app….and more stories you need this morning.

• Washingtonian Bleeds Web Editors (via FishbowlDC)

• Staff Reduction at CNN’s Asia Bureaus (via TVNewser)

• Selena Roberts Leaves Sports Illustrated (via FishbowlNY)

• New York Times Co To Expand Health Coverage Online (via paidContent)

• Time Names New Europe Editor (via FishbowlNY)

• Biz journalist hired to run editorial side of HomeDepot.com (via Talking Biz News)

So perhaps you have already heard that a former unpaid intern at Harper’s Bazaar is suing Hearst for violating wage and hour laws by having interns work 40+ hours a week. Perhaps you may not have heard that Xuedan Wang, the plaintiff, says on her website that her ” long-term professional ambition is to become the creative director of Harper’s Bazaar.” Hrm….
Update: Unsurprisingly, her site is no longer available, whether because it was overwhelmed by traffic or because Wang took it down after the media attention began piling on.

• Revenge Of The Interns: Magazine Lawsuit Tests Limits For Unpaid Work (via paidContent)

• Former Harper’s Bazaar intern suing Hearst may want to rethink career goal (via Poynter MediaWire)

• David Margolick on NPR’s difficult year (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

• Bonnier’s Transworld Snowboarding Creates New Role (via FishbowlNY)

• CNBC hires WSJ’s Evans (via Talking Biz News)

• Andrew Beaujon joins Poynter in February as Senior Online Reporter (via Poynter MediaWire)

• CBS News Taps Nancy Lane To Oversee CBSNews.com Editorial (via TVNewser)

Do you want to take a job with a company that sounds evil? Alison Green tackles that question, meanwhile, T+L has appointed Jane Wooldridge cruise editor, but she’ll also keep her job at the Miami Herald, an unusual but not completely bizarre arrangement, says Talking Biz News….plus more….

• asking a company about its bad reputation in an interview (via Ask a Manager)

• Travel + Leisure Appoints Cruise Editor (via FishbowlNY)

• Miami Herald biz editor will also work for Travel + Leisure (via Talking Biz News)

• Exclusive: Hearst and Condé Nast Sell Comag to Jim Pattison Group (via Folio)

• Olivier Knox named Yahoo News White House correspondent (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

• Emily Williams Moves To BN.com (via GalleyCat)

• MANHATTAN Magazine Launches New Social Title (via FishbowlNY)

It’s Monday, and that means another roundup of the media news that happened over the weekend. First up is the announcement that Steve Fainaru is leaving the Bay Citizen. He’s been with it since its launch in 2010. Next is a puzzling conundrum from a job applicant who was rejected and asked for feedback. The company is apparently putting together a large document full of feedback. Is this a good or bad thing? We don’t know! Read Alison Green’s answer. There’s more, too–just look down!

• Steve Fainaru to leave The Bay Citizen (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

• after rejecting me, employer is compiling a whole document of feedback (via Ask a Manager)

• Stars and Stripes staff upset by order to move (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

• Politico Loses Editor to The New York Times (via FishbowlNY)

A Maryland newspaper that stopped printing on Mondays is returning to seven-day printing…CP+B’s CEO has confirmed that there were 43 people laid off at the agency…and more stuff, below…

• Maryland newspaper resumes daily printing after 3 years without Mondays (via Poynter MediaWire)

• CP+B CEO Andrew Keller Confirms, Responds to Layoffs (via AgencySpy)

• Elle’s Advice Columnist Talks Dirty (via FishbowlNY)

• Plotkin Out at WTOP (via FishbowlDC)

• Hamp to leave top PepsiCo comms position (via PRWeek)