Rumors of Beacon Journal layoffs are flying. Channel 23 newscasts and e-mail from various sources keep saying the announcement will be (pick a day). Guild people say there has been no announcement. Guild contract provisions require a 60-day notice of any layoff plans and so far neither the owner nor publisher has given one. Some middle management folks have been talking to individual staff members so it is pretty messy around the newsroom. One rumor indicates that about 50 staff members will be cut.
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I might as well add my rumor source: At least 20, but probably closer to the 50 that Harry mentions. And this comes on top of the previous downsizing.
Eventually, there will be one person in a cellar in Mantua putting out the entire paper!
Sad, particularly for those of us who worked at the BJ when John Knight was in his corner office, but not till after the Kentucky Derby, which lured him from his Miami winter retreat.
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