Re: WOTC pulls plug on Dragon & Dungeon mag

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Anondson" <xen@????.com>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] WOTC pulls plug on Dragon & Dungeon mag


> A few years ago, WotC spun off its periodicals department. All of  those 
> employees became a new, independent company called Paizo. Paizo  then 
> licensed from WotC the right to publish Dragon and Dungeon  magazines, 
> this included the right to use material WotC considered  its product 
> identity. WotC did not renew the license to publish the  magazines. It 
> also has not rehired the periodicals employees from  Paizo. What I am 
> trying to say is that whatever WotC does for its  online 
> subscription-based offerings, it will not be the same thing as  the 
> current magazines... but just online instead.

This sounds like a crafty "downsizing" trick to make your employees 
redundant without having to pay redundancy pay.

David "Big Mac" Shepheard
Virtual Eclipse Role Playing Club
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