Posted on 07/18/2008 3:05:46 PM PDT by abb
The Modesto Bee is moving forward with plans to print the newspaper at The Sacramento Bee.
In an update to employees, Publisher and President Margaret Randazzo said that based on an analysis of printing The Modesto Bee in Sacramento, "it is clear that this move makes both financial and operational sense."
"This regional synergy with our sister McClatchy paper allows us to combine resources and streamline processes, resulting in significant cost savings and the avoidance of future capital expenses," Randazzo said in her memo Friday. "This is consistent with combining operations across the entire industry," including at other McClatchy papers.
While stressing that the company is still working through a number of transition and operational details, Randazzo told employees that the change very likely could occur by the end of September.
Moving The Bee’s printing to Sacramento would result in the reduction of approximately 80 equivalent full-time positions, Randazzo said. "Again, we are still working through many transition details, so employees affected by the change would be notified of the impact on their jobs and severance package details once plans are finalized."
Randazzo noted that Modesto would have its own dedicated press in Sacramento, which would maintain local control of deadlines while also providing greater color and page capacity. She added that concurrent with a switch to Sacramento, The Modesto Bee would also move to a slightly narrower page format that is the new industry standard.
She added that while The Bee’s plate-making, printing, packaging and transportation functions would shift north, other functions --including the news operation, advertising sales, page make-up and pre-press -- would remain in Modesto.
(Excerpt) Read more at modbee.com ...
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But, won’t that put more carbon in the atmosphere hauling the papers from Sacramento to Modesto? Al Gore’s carbon tax is designed to punish scofflaws businesses such as this.
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Not sure what to make of this. The schmucks who print the paper are most likely just blue collar working stiffs, not like the Bolsheviks who occupy the newsrooms. Sounds like it makes good economic sense and should have been done long ago.
Sounds like it makes good economic sense and should have been done long ago.I guess it would if the Modesto paper didn't already have a dedicated press and local control of deadlines 80 miles from Sacramento....IN MODESTO.
They should fold up their Fresno Fishwrap waste of trees.
Not to worry, Dave. I give them 18 months, tops.
But but but I grew up with the Fresno Bee in the 30s 40s and 50s. I left before my name made the police blotter which I regret dearly...
“But but but I grew up with the Fresno Bee in the 30s 40s and 50s. I left before my name made the police blotter which I regret dearly...”
The Fresno Bee was probably close to being a good newspaper then.
Since then, it swung so far left, it became joke.
All of the Bees are in the same category, and when they close their doors, California will be a better place.
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