Sony Layoffs Version 2.0: Another 8,000 (Or 16,000) Jobs | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo

Sony CEO Howard Stringer is taking an axe to the electronics giant and will hack away thousands of jobs. Sound familiar? It should: Stringer’s newest cuts, announced last night — 8,000 full time positions, plus 8,000 seasonal and temp workers — sound a lot like the cuts he made in 2005, when he had just taken control of the company.