Bad News Coming At Reed: Layoffs, Closures

Reed Business Information has called off its sale of 50 of its magazines, now hoping to sell the magazines off piecemeal, paidContent reports.

“We are in advanced discussions to sell a number of titles to separate purchasers and, if these are satisfactorily concluded, expect to make announcements on these sales in the next few months,” wrote RBI USA CEO John Poulin in a memo to staff. He continued: “We have not been able to sell the business as a whole and this unfortunately will result in title closures and job losses across the business during the first half of the New Year.”

Yikes.

Last month, RBI sold

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