Wizard has announced that it will be closing its Congers, NY office and moving straight into NYC itself.
Read on for the release:
Starting this May, all three monthly Wizard Entertainment publications—Wizard, ToyFare and Anime Insider—will be produced in the company’s New York City office. Since it was founded in 1991, Wizard Entertainment has operated out of its headquarters located in Congers, New York, and its sales office in New York City.
“For the first time in 15 years, we have the company in one location, under one roof,” said Wizard Entertainment Chairman Gareb Shamus. “We’re very much looking forward to having all of us working together, right in the middle of the city.”
Bi-annual consumer toy magazine Toy Wishes will also move to Wizard’s Manhattan office, as will the company’s conventions department, which puts on the annual Wizard World Philadelphia and Chicago Comic-Con shows. Wizard’s West Coast staff will be unaffected. For more information about Wizard Entertainment, visit www.wizardworld.com.
This consolidation comes after last week’s announcement of seven layoffs from the company, mainly from their editorial department.
March 25th, 2009 at 8:08 am
True Un-Believers,
Mr. No Shamus has gotten his ultimate wish! To house what’s left of his white collar-criminal-marketing-regime in his NYC office and then to cram all the low cost freelancers and worthless little interns he can under one roof!
He fires all of his magazine designers (how come they don’t report it when creatives get the axe?) and is now down to one Art Director and one permalancer…
Hey! J.L. better start looking for another “job” you can hide at… No more friends for you – your days are numbered pal!!!!!!!!! BWA HAHAHAHAHAAH BWA HAHA AHAHA AHAHAHhhAHHAHA…
March 26th, 2009 at 9:20 am
King, if you’re going to call out someone by name (or at least initials that can be readily identified by anyone who worked for the company over the past few years), be a grown-up and have the guts to use your own name.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Thanks “STC” Looks like Tom G has his panties in a knot again. He’s been gone a loooong time and only now has the courage to call me out. Real brave. Remember, this is the one guy that got fired BEFORE the cutbacks. Well Tom, if you got something to say, you know where I’m at. Try not to take it out on you wife this time, I think she’s the only one willing to write you a recommendation letter these days. Your design skills were as crappy as your personality. All you did was mumble something under your breath and throw a fit like the man-child you are. Get over it. Know your role.