According to an anonymous
comment to a post on Paul Conley’s blog, Edgell Communications—the
Randolph, New Jersey-based b-to-b publisher (Hospitality
Technology, Consumer Goods Technology, etc.)—laid off six staffers last week. (A
follow-up comment said that all six were women.)
Conley wrote
that he’d "be looking for coverage in FOLIO:."
I left messages for Edgell’s chairman and CEO Gabriele
Edgell, COO Dan Ligorner and president Gerry Ryerson late last week seeking comment, as well as
sent e-mails to a bunch of staffers listed on their contact page.
Here’s one of my follow-up e-mails, followed by Ryerson’s
response:
From: Dylan Stableford
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:50 PM
To: Gerry Ryerson
Subject: folio: inquiryHi Gerry:
Just left you a message. We received a tip that there were some layoffs
at Edgell last week. Is this true? Can you confirm? If so, how many,
who were they and why were they let go?Thanks,
Dylan
:::
dylan stableford
senior editor, digital
folio: | red7media
o 203.899.8481 [direct line]
c 203.727.1367
:::From: Gerry Ryerson
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:11 PM
To: Dylan Stableford
Cc: Tony Silber; Dan Ligorner; Gabriele Edgell
Subject: RE: folio: inquiryDylan,
We don’t have any information we’d like to share about our company right now. If we had a comment Gabriele, Dan or I would have returned your calls. I’d also appreciate you not continuing to contact everyone on our mastheads as its just a distraction to our business.
GerryGerald C. Ryerson
President
Edgell Communications
4 Middlebury Blvd.
Randolph, NJ 07869P REDACTED
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I won’t. However, if anyone has additional information, feel free to contact
me directly [dstableford AT red7media DOT com or 203.899.8481] or leave a comment in
the comments section below.