Post by bob quarteroni on Jul 31, 2013 11:32:35 GMT -5
Like Dandy Don Meredith used to croon on Monday Night Football when the game was decided, time to start singing, "The party's over" for old-fashioned dailies as we knew them.
Plain Dealer ‘eliminated the jobs of approximately 50 journalists’
avatar by Andrew BeaujonPublished July 31, 2013 10:31 am Updated July 31, 2013 10:48 am
Save The Plain Dealer
The Plain Dealer’s promised layoffs took place Wednesday morning. About 50 people lost their jobs, one report says.
“Many of those let go will be familiar names to readers – reporters, columnists, photographers and artists whose bylines have accompanied some of the paper’s finest content, and whose expertise touches virtually every subject the paper covers, from transportation and investigative reporting to education and sports coverage,” a post on the Save The Plain Dealer Facebook page says. “Many others, though less well-known publicly, have been every bit as essential to the quality of The Plain Dealer. They are editors, page designers and others whose skills have ensured a high-quality daily newspaper.”
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Plain Dealer ‘eliminated the jobs of approximately 50 journalists’
avatar by Andrew BeaujonPublished July 31, 2013 10:31 am Updated July 31, 2013 10:48 am
Save The Plain Dealer
The Plain Dealer’s promised layoffs took place Wednesday morning. About 50 people lost their jobs, one report says.
“Many of those let go will be familiar names to readers – reporters, columnists, photographers and artists whose bylines have accompanied some of the paper’s finest content, and whose expertise touches virtually every subject the paper covers, from transportation and investigative reporting to education and sports coverage,” a post on the Save The Plain Dealer Facebook page says. “Many others, though less well-known publicly, have been every bit as essential to the quality of The Plain Dealer. They are editors, page designers and others whose skills have ensured a high-quality daily newspaper.”
You can buy them a drink: