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Ogilvy has cut about three percent of the staff in its NY office….an editor at the Tri-County Times (in Fenton, Michigan) says she was fired for alerting her bosses to plagiarism….and more news from the day.

• Ogilvy cuts staff in NY office (via PRWeek)

• Editor fired after protesting paper’s plagiarism (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

• Complex Media Acquires Concert Social Net (via MinOnline)

• MSN Money launches Money & Politics section (via Talking Biz News)

• M&A reporter leaves Bloomberg News (via Talking Biz News)

• Los Angeles Magazine Parent Company Emmis Communications Threatened with NASDAQ Delisting (via FishbowlLA)

Bloomberg is launching a new tech vertical (live today) with two new blogs (managed by Marcus Chan, who joined Bloomberg last summer) as well as other content….Jolie Hunt has stepped down from her position as SVP and global head of PR at Thomson Reuters….Kate Bennett, formerly of Capitol File in DC, has taken a job at Washingtonian….and more news below.

• Bloomberg expanding tech coverage (via Talking Biz News)

• Hunt leaves role at Thomson Reuters (via PRWeek)

• Capitol File Editor Leaves Mag for Washingtonian (via FishbowlDC)

• Unilever expands personal care marcomms team (via PRWeek)

• McCann Worldgroup Presidents to Take on Added Responsibility (via AgencySpy)

• General manager of KQRS, 93X, LOVE105 out (via Minnpost)

On this Monday morning, we have your weekend wrapup….USA Today is rumored to be asking its sports print staff to reapply for their jobs….Mary Murcko has joined Gannett…After five years at E!, Ben Lyons has gotten a new gig….and more.

• Ben Lyons Jumps from E! to Extra (via FishbowlLA)

• USA Today sports staff told to reapply for jobs (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

• Mary Murcko Is Gannett President of Sales (via MinOnline :: Breaking News & Views)

• Doug Blackmon says goodbye to WSJ colleagues (via Talking Biz News)

• BGOV leader departs for Weather Channel (via Talking Biz News)

• Economist to publish digital short books (via Talking Biz News)

• Sun-Times owner wants to buy more newspapers (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

Three years ago, MediaJobsDaily was born.

We’ve done our best to keep you informed and employed since then. We’ve produced—wouldja believe it?—nearly 6,000 posts, and hey, some of them might even have been good. We’ll leave that up to you to decide, though.

Anyway, we decided the occasion deserved our best awful cake (as found on Flickr, thanks) and we’re gonna nosh on a cookie or two IRL.

With all great anniversary announcements often come announcements of change (okay, we just made that up). As of March 16, we’ll be passing the torch on (but don’t worry, we’ll stick around as a sort of “blogger emeritus”–we just made that up, too). MJD is changing. We think for the better. It’s been awesome, y’all.

It’s Friday! It’s time to watch this ad cooked up by the Guardian to show how it covers news in the 21st century, using an old story. (I mean, wasn’t this issue settled centuries ago? Apparently not…)

• Economist to publish digital short books (via Talking Biz News)

• Sun-Times owner wants to buy more newspapers (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

• New York Magazine Spins Off Annual Shelter Title (via Folio)

• TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington: Arianna Huffington is a ‘Touchy Psychopath’ (via FishbowlLA)

• New Brand Exec at Cooking Light (via FishbowlNY)

• In More Barbarian News, Former Dos Equis Digital Team Joins Up (via AgencySpy)

• Chris McLoughlin Named Men’s Journal Publisher (via MinOnline)

• New biz editor named at Washington state paper (via Talking Biz News)

• Meredith Kopit Levien Promoted to Forbes Media Chief Revenue Officer (via MinOnline)

• Former Rolling Stone Publisher Tim Castelli Is Heading Clear Channel’s Digital Sales (via MinOnline)

The nomination list for general excellence in digital media is out….CQ Roll Call has hired two new reporters to cover policy….and a blogger in Florida is getting bullied by the government. We don’t think this could possibly backfire on the government at all. No really. Excellent job, Lauderdale Lakes City Manager Jonathan Allen. That’s using your noodle.

• Conde Nast tops list of Digital Ellies nominees (via JIMROMENESKO.COM)

• CQ Roll Call Adds Reporters to Policy Beats (via FishbowlDC)

• Aggressive local blogger served with cease-and-desist letter (via Poynter MediaWire)

• Communications Head from News Corp. Moves On to Time Inc. (via FishbowlNY)

• Sacha Baron Cohen Helps THR.com Set Single-Day Web Traffic Record (via FishbowlLA)

New traffic statistics back up the idea that nobody is really using Google+ (yet!)….Larry King is really serious about giving this comedy thing a go….Susan Molinari, formerly a U.S. representative for New York, will lead communications in Google’s DC office…and more news you need.

• More Hints That Google+ Is A Deserted Wasteland (via SAI)

• Larry King to Perform at KROQ’s Comedy Show (via FishbowlLA)

• Former NY Rep. Molinari to lead Google DC office (via PRWeek)

• Clayton named VP at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (via PRWeek)

• New Stats: 2011 Was Good For E-Books, Not So Good For Print (via paidContent)

Good morning. Today we have news of chef and food columnist Jon Ashton being added at Parade as a contributing editor and live cooking show host…Mainstreet looks at where you should take your laptop if your couch is no longer the oasis of concentration it once was (ha!), Jason Kincaid quits TechCrunch…and more….

• Parade Adds Chef Jon Ashton as Contributing Editor (via FishbowlNY)

• 5 Best Workspaces for Freelancers (via Mainstreet)

• A TechCrunch Departure (via FishbowlNY)

• Wilson exits post at Pentagon (via PRWeek)

• Starwood ups Sarten to global PR lead for W (via PRWeek)

We’ve got a sweet interview with the digital director of Conde Nast UK…the news that Josh Fruhlinger, of Engadget, is heading to TMZ of all places (bit of an industry switch, innit?), and some other great stories below. PS, TGIF, am I right?

• Interview: Vogue Publisher Plans To Digitize Archives For Tablet Long Tail (via paidContent)

• Engadget Editorial Director Heads to TMZ (via FishbowlNY)

• Changes at Martha Stewart Living (via FishbowlNY)

• A biz columnist bids farewell (via Talking Biz News)