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More than 500 journalists were laid off in January
Just the News ^ | February 1, 2024 | Ben Whedon

Posted on 02/01/2024 4:07:00 PM PST by george76

Earlier this week, reports emerged that digital news outlet The Messenger would shut down entirely..

More than 500 journalists lost their jobs in January as multiple outlets shed staff in the face of adverse industry conditions.

A report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas highlighted the 528 layoffs across digital, print, and broadcast news media in January. The figure marked a substantial uptick from the 30 layoffs the firm identified the prior month and the highest total since last March's 532. The news industry lost more than 3,087 positions last year, an increase from 1,808 in 2022 and 1,511 in 2021. A total of 16,060 news job cuts occurred in 2020.

Earlier this week, reports emerged that digital news outlet The Messenger would shut down entirely, with employees reportedly learning of their layoffs from other outlets discussing the planned closure.

Other news outlets announced layoffs in January, including Time Magazine, Business Insider, The Los Angeles Times, according to Politico.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: drivebymedia; enemedia; fired; jobs; journalists; media; msm; news; newsmedia; newspapers; oldmedia
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1 posted on 02/01/2024 4:07:00 PM PST by george76
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And maybe one of them is smart enough to wake up to the red pill.


2 posted on 02/01/2024 4:09:06 PM PST by DAC21
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Good start.


3 posted on 02/01/2024 4:09:35 PM PST by Da Coyote
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Wah, not my favorite people, if they weren’t liars and leftist I might feel sorry for them but I don’t.


4 posted on 02/01/2024 4:10:46 PM PST by Ronald77
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Nor do I.


5 posted on 02/01/2024 4:11:55 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: DAC21

Here’s hoping.


6 posted on 02/01/2024 4:12:07 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: george76

That’s a shame


7 posted on 02/01/2024 4:12:21 PM PST by xp38
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How can that be? We haven’t journalists in this country for decades.


8 posted on 02/01/2024 4:12:45 PM PST by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: george76

500 fewer CIA EMPLOYEES? Yeah right, they’ll be just fine.


9 posted on 02/01/2024 4:13:20 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: george76

More.

And faster.

L


10 posted on 02/01/2024 4:14:09 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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11 posted on 02/01/2024 4:16:57 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ b █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: george76

Shouldn’t that read:

More than 500 “journalists” were laid off in January


12 posted on 02/01/2024 4:17:00 PM PST by farmguy ( )
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To: Ronald77

Don’t care. Not sure I even wish them well.


13 posted on 02/01/2024 4:20:39 PM PST by Fai Mao (Starve the Beast and steal its food.)
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To: george76

The BEST and Brightest memorizing the phrase: “Would you like fries with that?”


14 posted on 02/01/2024 4:24:56 PM PST by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: george76

A report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas


https://www.challengergray.com/

Outplacement is a service a company provides to its released employees. It helps launch these individuals into the next phase of their career.


15 posted on 02/01/2024 4:24:57 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: silent majority rising

No we have those who bear false witness against their neighbors


16 posted on 02/01/2024 4:25:23 PM PST by xp38
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I’m guilty I read headlines only all the time an usually get depressed. But dog gone if this headline didn’t cheer me up.


17 posted on 02/01/2024 4:29:08 PM PST by TBall
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One can only hope the decibel level of their echoes diminishes greatly.


18 posted on 02/01/2024 4:30:57 PM PST by rx
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Now they’re the forgotten men and women.


19 posted on 02/01/2024 4:31:09 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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The communist/fascist state needs only a limited number of lackey “journalists” to puke their propaganda. Soon it will be down to one TV station and one official rag.


20 posted on 02/01/2024 4:31:57 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (We used to be a Republic, we are now a Fascist Klepto-Thugocracy.)
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