BlackBerry To Lay Off 40 Percent Of Its Global Workforce

By Zoe Schlanger

September 20, 2013 11:27 a.m.

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TORONTO (AP) — BlackBerry to lay off 4,500 employees, or 40 percent of global workforce.

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Zoe Schlanger Zoë Schlanger is Frontpage Editor at TPM. Zoë was a TPM intern in 2011, and prior to returning here she was editor in chief of NYU Local, the alternative independent student news site at NYU. Zoë has interned at places like the Nation, InsideClimate News, The Rachel Maddow Show and Gothamist. She can be reached at zoe@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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