Monday, October 23, 2006
Mercury News to axe up to 101,
Mercury News to axe up to 101, including 15 percent of newsroom
The San Jose Mercury News plans to lay off as many as 101 employees over the next two months to cut costs and make up for declining advertising revenue, the paper said Friday.
The company will eliminate 41 newsroom positions - or about 15 percent of its editorial staff - by Dec. 19, with the rest of the cuts coming from other departments, including circulation, finance, marketing and human resources, said Dan Breeden, a Mercury News spokesman.
The cuts, which officials say will be made mostly through layoffs, will sever about 8 percent of the paper's overall workforce. About 10 to 15 currently open positions across the company could be included in those cuts, Breeden said.
Also Friday, the new publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News told employees that layoffs are "unavoidable."
Source: AP via SPJ Press Notes and Editor & Publisher
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It looks like newspapers are disintegrating after WE left the business. Do you suppose there's any connection?
But it isn't funny, is it? Certainly not for the thousands who are being booted out the door around the country.
Newspapers have to find a way to survive, and thrive, whether it's newsprint, Internet, Blackberry, whatever. Those who figure it out will lead the way to a new era in newspapers. Anyone?
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