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Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 11.14.08 | 4:59 PM ET

Media Bistro reports rumors that the pub is folding, and a contributor tells us an editor there confirmed it today. What a shame.

Jim Benning is the cofounder and coeditor of World Hum.

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Sophie 11.15.08 | 2:51 PM ET

I blame myself. I got my first assignment from them on Wednesday, the editor confirmed it Friday morning, the site folded Friday afternoon.

Had an encouraging meeting with the editor of Travel + Culture recently, too. Boom goes the dynamite.

I’m thinking about trying to get an assignment from Fox News.

Sophie 11.17.08 | 1:12 PM ET

News today is that the site is still hanging on, but with a smaller staff.

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