Comments on: Trouble Ahead #1: Toykopop http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:32:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Ernie Stiner http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/#comment-1683393 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:25:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/#comment-1683393 Interesting. I always imagined that you merged two companies into one to lay off 39 employees through redundancies. You learn something everyday. Interesting. I always imagined that you merged two companies into one to lay off 39 employees through redundancies. You learn something everyday.

]]> by: mike. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/#comment-1682334 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:32:16 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/#comment-1682334 Huh. Well, I can only hope that "Beck" is on the list of "successful continuing series", though it was really on the bubble back in the days of Tokyopop's big "web exclusive" scare, iirc. My heart goes out to those laid-off, though. Here's hoping they can quickly find new employment elsewhere. Huh. Well, I can only hope that “Beck” is on the list of “successful continuing series”, though it was really on the bubble back in the days of Tokyopop’s big “web exclusive” scare, iirc.

My heart goes out to those laid-off, though. Here’s hoping they can quickly find new employment elsewhere.

]]> by: Jason Green http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/#comment-1682257 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:06:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/#comment-1682257 Tokyopop splits in 2, 39 employees laid off. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-03/tokyopop-to-restructure Wowsers! Tokyopop splits in 2, 39 employees laid off.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-03/tokyopop-to-restructure

Wowsers!

]]> by: mike. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/#comment-1681682 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:11:49 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/#comment-1681682 Wow, that is some tease. And even though I am now down to exactly one Tokyopop title ("Beck"), if things are as dire as they sound, that would be some very sad circumstances for this once-cool (now, unfortunately, not so much), once-trendsetting, once-visionary company. Wow, that is some tease. And even though I am now down to exactly one Tokyopop title (”Beck”), if things are as dire as they sound, that would be some very sad circumstances for this once-cool (now, unfortunately, not so much), once-trendsetting, once-visionary company.

]]> by: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » June 3, 2008: Bo Diddley http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/#comment-1681068 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:09:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/#comment-1681068 [...] [Publishing] More from last weekend’s BookExpo America in Los Angeles: Publishers Weekly’s Jim Milliot confirms that the turnout was down from the previous year; Boris Kachka caught up with Art Spiegelman, who’s reading more manga these days; and Heidi MacDonald heard awful rumors about Tokyopop, but she isn’t going to tell you. (MacDonald also has the latest gossip on DramaQueen and Platinum Studios, in case you’re interested.) [...] […] [Publishing] More from last weekend’s BookExpo America in Los Angeles: Publishers Weekly’s Jim Milliot confirms that the turnout was down from the previous year; Boris Kachka caught up with Art Spiegelman, who’s reading more manga these days; and Heidi MacDonald heard awful rumors about Tokyopop, but she isn’t going to tell you. (MacDonald also has the latest gossip on DramaQueen and Platinum Studios, in case you’re interested.) […]

]]> by: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Rumors are swirling http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/#comment-1680582 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:26:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/02/trouble-ahead-1-toykopop/#comment-1680582 [...] Meanwhile, Heidi MacDonald drops a dire hint about Tokyopop at The Beat. [...] […] Meanwhile, Heidi MacDonald drops a dire hint about Tokyopop at The Beat. […]

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