Posted on 11/29/2005 9:00:30 PM PST by LdSentinal
AP) The Orlando Sentinel is eliminating about 50 positions through layoffs and leaving open jobs unfilled as a cost-cutting measure, the newspaper's publisher said Tuesday in a memo to workers.
Publisher Kathy Waltz said 21 employees had been laid off, and 33 positions would be eliminated from a staff of about 1,300. Some of the positions being eliminated were left open by "retirements and other voluntary departures," Waltz wrote in her memo, which was posted at The Poynter Institute's Web site.
A year ago, the Sentinel cut 20 jobs and stopped publishing a magazine for apartment hunters.
"Of the positions eliminated today ... that did include some newsroom staff members," said Ashley Allen, a Sentinel spokeswoman. "The small work force reduction a little over a year ago was mostly people on the business side."
The Sentinel has a daily circulation of about 221,180 and a Sunday circulation of 331,440. In addition to the daily newspaper, the company also produces online content, a weekly Spanish newspaper and several niche publications.
Six other newspapers owned by Tribune Co., including the company's two flagship papers in Chicago and Los Angeles, earlier this month also announced job cuts.
Last month, Chicago-based Tribune, whose holdings include 11 daily newspapers, 26 television stations and the Chicago Cubs, said third-quarter profits tumbled 82 percent because of an adverse tax ruling that forced it to take a huge charge.
They're feeling the bite of loss of profits.
Bush's fault.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1530862/posts
This should be a heads up to aspiring journalists.
"NPR.org, June 15, 2005 · An ongoing newspaper industry scandal in which some well-known dailies falsified circulation figures broadened on Wednesday with the unveiling of criminal charges against three former employees of the Tribune Company."
"Last year, the Chicago-based Tribune Co. acknowledged that circulation levels had been inflated by as much as 20 percent at Newsday, and as much as 50 percent for daily sales of Hoy. Circulation for the two papers relied on many of the same people -- including two of the defendants."
i take it that's another liberal rag starting to implode?
Orlando Sentenial is a worthless rag.
Orlando grew up a small little cattle town crossroad and the sentenial has preferred to keep their paper in that fashion.
NOt quite as liberal and anti republican as the saint petersburg times but a rag nevertheless.
" ... but we will NEVER stop supporting the rats with lying bull shiite pieces day after day, even if it's just me and you left at the end Vern. Vern where you goin'? We got another "Bush lied" piece to crank out. Vern?
Is there anybody left?"
Hee hee hee couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.
Other than that, you need a flock of parakeets to use the rest of the $1.50 Sunday paper.
$1.50? Yeesh.
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