Posted on 10/16/2014 3:36:54 PM PDT by Cecily
Martha Stewart is recovering from the loss of her CEO to rival Gwyneth Paltrow by axing up to 50 employees.
The cuts will hit the sales and marketing departments at Martha Stewart Omnimedia hardest while some workers will be moved to Meredith Corporation.
Last week, the 73-year-old's former CEO Lisa Gersh was hired by Paltrow's lifestyle company GOOP, which is currently engaged in a vicious media war with Martha's brand. But staffers were shocked to find out the news because the layoffs had been such a well-kept secret, a source told the New York Daily News.
It's not the first time Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has shaken things up in a significant way.
Last year, nearly 100 people were handed pink slips just before the holiday season, and in 2012 the company let 70 workers go in November.
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Well, at least Gwyneth isn’t a felon...yet.
“What did she axe them?”
Waddupwiddat, yo?
It gets even better. She steam cleans her V***** and is urging other women to do the same.
Sorry, Gwyneth, it is not a good idea.
I wonder if she comes up with her every-other-day nonsense just to get publicity and keep her name front and center on the Internet sites who care about such things. She probably smokes, drinks and eats whatever she pleases in private.
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