Mark Pasetsky's Cover Awards

This Just In:

Late yesterday, CoverAwards told you that TV Guide was allegedly making layoffs, including editor-in-chief Ian Birch, executive editor Steve Sonsky and managing editor Lois Draegin.

We now have an official update that TV Guide has indeed laid off an “undisclosed number of staffers,” according to a TV Guide spokesperson.  Who has been let go?  That is still not certain.

The other big question is whether or not Marcovision will find a buyer for TV Guide.

(If someone buys TV Guide, I’m selling the Brooklyn Bridge!)

Stay tuned!

BREAKING NEWS 

In the “I’m not surprised at all” department, Gawker is hearing that there has been a massive set of firings at TV Guide including editor-in-chief Ian Birch, executive editor Steve Sonsky and managing editor Lois Draegin.   This comes less than 24 hours after the TV Guide purchase by Macrovision received approval.