UBM layoffs begin to make sense
When you hear of journalistic treasures like Nic Mokhoff, Barbara Jorgenson and Bolaji Ojo going out the door at a media house, you tend to think the worse for the company. I know I did after hearing about the "spring cleaning" at UBM. Closer inspection, however, shows the reasoning behind the move. UBM Electronics seems to be in a constant state of change over the past decade because the media world has been evolving rapidly over that time. The latest obvious change is the elimination of the print version of EE Times , in favor of an all online presence. The problem is that there have been, essentially two staffs for the online and print operations. When the latter was shut down, that left a lot of redundancy and unnecessary cost (from an accounting perspective). EE Times and EBN have built a significant infrastructure out of contractors, including Brian Bailey, Max Maxfield and Douglas Alexander, to provide content. They are prolific...