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New York Daily News cuts half of its staff
msn ^ | July 23, 2018

Posted on 07/23/2018 7:55:52 AM PDT by SMGFan

The New York Daily News announced on Monday plans to eliminate half of its newsroom as part of a broader effort to refocus the newspaper. Daily News staff was notified of the cuts in an email sent by the company's human resources department that also detailed a new direction for the paper, with an increased focus on breaking news with particular attention paid to crime, civil justice and public responsibility. It will still cover local news and sports, the email said.

Journalists for the newspaper were called to a 9 a.m. meeting and then told to wait for the email, which notified them of the cuts and the paper's new direction. The email also notified employees that editor-in-chief Jim Rich and managing editor Kristen Lee were among those parting ways with the company. Rich tweeted early Monday an ominous warning: "If you hate democracy and think local government should operate unchecked and in the dark, then today is a good day for you.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dbm; jimrich; mediawingofthednc; newyorkdailynews; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; tabloid; twitter; winning
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To: SMGFan

Boo hoo

21 posted on 07/23/2018 8:17:31 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: SMGFan

Too bad, I remember when it was 3 cents, great stuff then. Terry and the Pirates, Dick Tracy, Smiling Jack, et.al., hey, I was about 6 yrs. old. Great gangster head lines, all the great mob hits, Mickey Jaeckle and Willy Sutton too. Oh, lets not forget and all those Liz Tailor weddings. Loved the Sunday editions with the colored cartoons. It was about 1 1/2” thick, not as thick as the NYT which was about 3 1/2”. Talk about conservation of the forests, the NYT certainly didn’t do it’s part. Yeah, back then they were all thick. The NYDN is on the rack locally in FLA, but its only about 1/4” thick now. Sign of the times, the news is at our finger tips now.


22 posted on 07/23/2018 8:19:57 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (?? forgetaboutit.)
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To: SMGFan

Hopefully they got rid of the liberal half.


23 posted on 07/23/2018 8:21:48 AM PDT by kempster
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To: SunkenCiv
I think you might be mixing up the NY Daily News and the NY Post. That Daily NEws cover is not real. I created that to laugh at them. Their “We’re F%#ked” cover was about Kennedy retiring and was weepy sadness.

The NY Post is conservative and they mocked the world of Weiner relentlessly.


24 posted on 07/23/2018 8:25:11 AM PDT by dead
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To: SMGFan

I note the editors cut loose are ranting and raving about holding government to account.

These are the same editors, mind you, that watched proto Marxist DiBlasio and a thousand clones of his infest city govt and release literal and metaphorical sewage citywide.


25 posted on 07/23/2018 8:25:34 AM PDT by relictele
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To: abb

Ping.


26 posted on 07/23/2018 8:27:00 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: I want the USA back

Their longtime employment of Mike Lupica is enough to warrant the shutdown of the paper.

Mind you, they paid Lupica, ostensibly a sports writer, for POLITICAL opinion. They could have saved handsomely by hiring a random pajama boy from a Starbucks.


27 posted on 07/23/2018 8:27:18 AM PDT by relictele
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To: SMGFan

More good news.

With the increased tariffs on news print, most of the left wing newspapers are increasing their subscription costs and bitching like hell.

President Trump, please keep increasing the tariffs on news print as eliminating left wing news papers is good for the environment and MAGA!


28 posted on 07/23/2018 8:27:46 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Investigate how Mexico has manipulated, meddled & interfered in our elections, since Ike was POTUS!)
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To: dead

The NY Post headlines are outrageous! The writers should some kind of literary award for them.


29 posted on 07/23/2018 8:29:31 AM PDT by stevio (MAGA)
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To: kempster
New York Daily News - Wikipedia The New York Daily News, officially titled Daily News, is an American newspaper based in New ... Owner(s), Tronc. Editor, Jim Rich .... Tronc had bought the Daily News [Mort Zuckerman] for $1, assuming "operational and pension liabilities". Owner(s)‎: ‎Tronc; Political alignment‎: ‎Populist Circulation‎: ‎200,000 Daily (2017); 260,000 Su... Editor‎: ‎Jim Rich
30 posted on 07/23/2018 8:29:44 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: dead
Thanks for this really BOL on a Monday morning!


31 posted on 07/23/2018 8:29:48 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Investigate how Mexico has manipulated, meddled & interfered in our elections, since Ike was POTUS!)
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To: Signalman
Except for Kristen McQueary and John Kass they can take the filthy Chicago Tribune with them.


32 posted on 07/23/2018 8:31:21 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: SMGFan
Coming out of Grand Central in the morning, there's a newspaper rack on Lexington Street run by this really old guy. I've seen him there for years and back in the day, he did brisk business. Now hardly anybody stops. I see the NY Daily News flapping in the breeze whenever I walk by. Almost always an anti-Trump headline screaming in gigantic typeface once reserved for events like Pearl Harbor and 9/11.

I'm surprised people still buy newspapers at all. Along the Grand Central tracks, they have these giant newspaper recycling bins that used to have to get emptied several times a day. Now it might be weeks before they fill up. Everybody on the train with me are buried in iPhones, tablets and laptops. Very few newspaper readers are left.

33 posted on 07/23/2018 8:32:16 AM PDT by SamAdams76 ( If you are offended by what I have to say here then you can blame your parents for raising a wuss)
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To: miss marmelstein

“The Times is now charging separately for the crossword puzzle!”


Seriously?

Now I have something to throw in the face of a lib daughter who ONLY reads the NYT-—even though she lives out west.

.


34 posted on 07/23/2018 8:36:14 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Mears

Serious.


35 posted on 07/23/2018 8:38:12 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: SMGFan

The paper chose by an act of commission to alienate a large portion of its potential customers by adhering to the liberal mantra day in and day out. This business model never works for any business—even a lemonade stand. They contributed to their own demise, and they succeeded in letting everyone know that they are a complete liberal rag.

I love stories with happy endings. Give them more time and the other half will be standing in the unemployment line.


36 posted on 07/23/2018 8:43:01 AM PDT by Saltmeat
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To: SMGFan

They picked the wrong half of the population.

The people they cater to don’t need to buy newspapers.

They already know everything


37 posted on 07/23/2018 8:44:49 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats. - P.J. ORourke)
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To: Mears

If you online subscribe. You can get full year access to 9000 past crosswords for $40


38 posted on 07/23/2018 8:59:57 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: SMGFan

couldn’t have happened to a better newspaper ...


39 posted on 07/23/2018 9:13:42 AM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: SMGFan

firing half the staff to go in a “new direction”?

yeah, right. “new direction” here meaning “trying to stave off bankruptcy a bit longer by reducing costly employee salaries” ...


40 posted on 07/23/2018 9:17:45 AM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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