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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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To: george76

One of the first things I predicted when the first print newspapers and magazines fell was that no one would catch the sneaky crooked politicians locally or nationally. Articles on “local council members profited from decision on land development” and “some knew of deadly chemical dumps going into water table before selling stocks in the company.”


21 posted on 02/01/2024 4:38:56 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: TBall

Who says there is never any good news !


22 posted on 02/01/2024 4:44:16 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: george76

AI can write the same drivel for a lot less money. That’s what is happening.


23 posted on 02/01/2024 4:44:39 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: george76

Times change. I used to think that the worst a person could be was a lawyer. Years later that transitioned to ‘politician.’

It has finally settled down to “journalist.”


24 posted on 02/01/2024 4:47:50 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: george76

Yay! It’s a start


25 posted on 02/01/2024 4:51:39 PM PST by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: george76

That few?


26 posted on 02/01/2024 4:53:21 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thanks, we needed that!🤭


27 posted on 02/01/2024 4:54:08 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: george76
"More than 500 journalists were laid off in January"

Not to worry that might help cover jobs illegals won't do.
28 posted on 02/01/2024 4:55:31 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Exactly what I was thinking, real journalism won’t make a comeback until massive numbers of CIA employees their jobs.


29 posted on 02/01/2024 4:56:55 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (We have not yet achieved peak crazy)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

…lose their jobs


30 posted on 02/01/2024 4:57:21 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (We have not yet achieved peak crazy)
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To: george76

They are not journalists....They are propaganda tools with no real investigative skills which I naively believed a true journalist had,that and integrity.


31 posted on 02/01/2024 5:04:54 PM PST by cherry
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To: george76

It’s a start.


32 posted on 02/01/2024 5:06:57 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: george76

We can do better - go for 1000


33 posted on 02/01/2024 5:07:29 PM PST by bigbob
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To: Ronald77

Bidenomics is grabbing them by the short hairs as it is for the rest of the nation. Perhaps there is justice in this world.


34 posted on 02/01/2024 5:11:08 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: george76

Pass out picks and shovels and get them working on the border wall.


35 posted on 02/01/2024 5:14:55 PM PST by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: george76

Learn to mine coal. Oh wait.... learn to code.


36 posted on 02/01/2024 5:20:58 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eye)
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To: george76

There’s always a silver lining.


37 posted on 02/01/2024 5:25:18 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: Da Coyote
"Good start."

Not really... AI and blogs, maybe?

38 posted on 02/01/2024 5:26:14 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: george76

Great, 500 more Gender Studies degreed people out on the street.


39 posted on 02/01/2024 5:27:54 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: george76

They all say the same thing, what’s the problem?


40 posted on 02/01/2024 5:28:58 PM PST by zlala
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