DC ENTERTAINMENT MOVES WEST

DC Entertainment is moving its administrative, multi-media development and digital production— operations that focus on feature films, television, video games and other media — to the West Coast, a move that will cost dozens of staffers their jobs according to ICv2.com. “DC has so far refused to comment on stories concerning the number of employees that will be let go. The Los Angeles Timesreported earlier that 20% of DC’s workforce of approximately 250 would lose their jobs as a result of the move, a report that was met with considerable skepticism and criticism from some industry observers. It does appear to be too soon to put any definitive figure on the number of employees who will lose their jobs, simply because many of the 80 who are affected by the shift may not yet have made a final decision on whether to make the move to California.”

The New York Times announced that DC named as its new editor-in-chief Robert Harras, a veteran editor there who had also spent five years as the ed-in-chief of rival Marvel Comics. In a press release, DC said Harras will oversee editorial for its comics as well as Mad Magazine and its Vertigo imprint, and will work from the company’s New York offices.