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Tech Crunch's Michael Arrington is reporting that "AOL is making across the board budget cuts on its blogging properties, we're hearing from multiple sources. The cuts range up to 25% of each properties total budget, which falls mostly on personnel costs -- bloggers are simply being told to take a couple of weeks off for now, and there may or may not be work for them later in August." This situation is apparently affecting our good friends at Cinematical to some extent. Editor/critic Kim Voynar says "we're still operating, we're undergoing an editorial readjustment, things will be back to normal in a week."
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 24, 2008 at 6:12 PM
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Balthazar says ...
There's still an AOL?
Seriously?
Posted by Balthazar at July 24, 2008 6:31 PM
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Chicago48 says ...
Yes! there is an AOL still alive and poorly mismanaged. That doesn't sound good. I use their IM service, but now that Goog and Yah have chat, I guess it doesn't matter if I have AIM or not.
Too bad. That was a great stellar cutting edge company at one time, back in the day. They just didn't read the tea leaves right.
Posted by Chicago48 at July 24, 2008 6:37 PM
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CinemaPhreek says ...
Yep, still there and totally free. Use their IM service and extra email addresses as defacto spam filters for any site that requires registration (like say this one).
Curious as to how this affects professional bloggers, if Wells or someone else would care to enlighten?
Posted by CinemaPhreek at July 24, 2008 7:44 PM
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Don Murphy says ...
Does that mean Cinematical will have to stop printing the same story that every other site has already run? Say it ain't so!
Posted by Don Murphy at July 24, 2008 8:00 PM
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Count Thread says ...
Perhaps AOL can develop a more current business model? I hear whale oil and horse-drawn carriages are going to be huge come 2009.
Posted by Count Thread at July 24, 2008 8:58 PM
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drgogol says ...
Don Murphy, who couldn't come up with an original fart at a bean-eating contest, accuses someone else of repurposing material: I expect to stop laughing about six weeks after I'm dead.
Posted by drgogol at July 24, 2008 9:22 PM
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Edward says ...
horse-drawn carriages are so in...no fossel fuels to waste and we can repurpose the horse manure.
Posted by Edward at July 24, 2008 9:37 PM
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Don Murphy says ...
Drgogol
I believe I accused them of being superfluous
Something you are very familiar with by this late in life
Posted by Don Murphy at July 24, 2008 10:14 PM
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CinemaPhreek says ...
I was trying to be good, I swear, but that last post simply could not be left alone without this rejoinder:
Moore done by Murphy = LEAGUE, HELL
Moore done by others = VENDETTA, WATCHMEN
Yeah, you can crow about TRANSFORMERS all you want, but at the end of the day it's still simply money and your contribution to film isn't any more significant than fucking money. And if that's the end goal, then why aren't you doing porn in the Valley?
Loudmouth blowhards who get great films made I can live with, but loudmouth blowhards that contribute fuck all to cinema should be tied into burlap sacks and drowned Sidney Falco style in rivers. I used to think Tarantino was the bitch for sucker punching you, but maybe he was guided by a higher power: the Muse of cinema saw what you would become and sent a wake-up call.
Remember, this is the guy who saved Michael Bay's career (or is it vice versa?).
Posted by CinemaPhreek at July 25, 2008 12:08 AM
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Steffen says ...
Recently, quite a few celebrities and pro athletes were said to appear on the millionaire luxury club "R I C H L O V I N G.C O M" to hook up with hot girls, ladies, models... OMG!!! Are these famous guys fond of internet dating for now?? Maybe they are indeed so rich that they feel boring sometimes to need new things? It was reported on MSN Charlie Sheen has found his girl there last May
Posted by Steffen at July 25, 2008 1:48 AM
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Mgmax says ...
"Moore done by Murphy = LEAGUE, HELL
Moore done by others = VENDETTA, WATCHMEN"
I'm not sure this proves as much as you think it does. In any case, it's safe to say that Murphy did not produce the worst Alan Moore movie to date.
Posted by Mgmax at July 25, 2008 5:51 AM
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Don Murphy says ...
CPhreek you made me yawn first thing in the morning. Your argument is unclear, your points wherein you think you are clever are old and tired and your desire to matter by attacking your betters is not working. Get a job, buy a vowel and sac up!
Posted by Don Murphy at July 25, 2008 8:07 AM
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Kim Voynar says ...
Sayeth Don Murphy:
"Drgogol
I believe I accused them of being superfluous
Something you are very familiar with by this late in life"
...Says the man who brought the world Transformers. That's rich.
To quote a better movie, "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Posted by Kim Voynar at July 25, 2008 9:22 AM
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SmilingPolitely says ...
"Cinematical?", the internet collectively shouts. "Who the fuck the cares?!"
Posted by SmilingPolitely at July 25, 2008 9:24 AM
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Don Murphy says ...
Kim Voynar
Why are you being silly by attacking the number 2 film of last year- shouldn't you be reporting on some new film rumor that will never happen and then complaining that Variety stole your tip when they got the actual facts? Or making lists of Festival Films that are seen by ten people then forgotten? You have a lot of work to do to keep AOL happy. I mean after all, they are a behemoth (LOL)
Posted by Don Murphy at July 25, 2008 12:28 PM
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SmilingPolitely says ...
Don, you really have to stop doing this. I can't imagine that you are doing yourself any favors with your antics. People are making a sport out of tweaking you. They're fishing for Don Murphy, and for some reason, you continually keep biting. You and Dennis Dyack(google him) need to take a page out of Kevin Smith's book and stay in the friendly confines of your own board. Please Don, it's getting embarrassing, and you are hurting your reputation and the movies that you're associated with.
Posted by SmilingPolitely at July 25, 2008 4:13 PM
comment #17
Don Murphy says ...
Smiling
Read nothing negative into this post. Okay?
How is pointing out that attackers have no intelligence hurting my reputation? Sincerely asking.
Posted by Don Murphy at July 25, 2008 5:04 PM
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Mjs says ...
"How is pointing out that attackers have no intelligence hurting my reputation? "
Because you're so God damned stupid that you can't see what's really going on. People are making fun of you, they have no respect for you, and they make game of your short fuse and inane responses. But you keep 'em coming. They provide a good laugh.
And I think your reputation is pretty shitty to begin with. The damage was done long ago.
Posted by Mjs at July 26, 2008 1:06 AM
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Don Murphy says ...
Ahhh I get it
You're just another asshole looking for a kicking.
Posted by Don Murphy at July 26, 2008 9:35 AM
comment #20
Mjs says ...
Ha ha. Just the response I was looking for. Bring it, son. Bring it.
Posted by Mjs at July 26, 2008 10:27 AM
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