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Patch gets new CEO, lays off staffers

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:37:48 +0000

Steve Kalin is Patch’s new CEO, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong told Patch employees in an email Friday. Patch will also make several motions that Armstrong writes will “move Patch meaningfully toward profitability.” Among them: layoffs.

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Village Voice editors quit instead of laying off staff

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:18:40 +0000

Thursday would be a good day to own a New York bar popular with journalists, judging by reports about three Gotham publications:

• Village Voice Editor-in-Chief Will Bourne and Deputy Editor Jessica Lustig resigned Thursday rather than institute layoffs demanded … Read more

Fairfax Media CEO suggests deep reductions in legacy costs need to precede reduced print frequency

Rick Edmonds — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:49:23 +0000

Talk about digital disruption. The CEO of Australia’s giant Fairfax Media said last week that he is preparing the company to abandon printed newspapers entirely “in three, five or 10 years.”

“Print revenues have been going down and are going … Read more

Advance’s Express-Times will print in Staten Island

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:04:23 +0000

The Express-Times | The Morning Call

The Advance-owned (Easton, Pa.) Express-Times will print to Staten Island beginning in June, the paper reported Wednesday — “a move that will result in 12 full-time and 26 part-time job losses.”

President and … Read more

Time Out Chicago bought by parent company, staff report layoffs

Joshua Gillin — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:20:12 +0000

Chicago Tribune| Crain’s

Time Out Chicago, an independent weekly entertainment guide published 44 times a year, has been acquired by worldwide parent Time Out Group, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Morningstar Inc. and Time Out Chicago founder … Read more

Washington Examiner lays off employees, changes focus

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:17:30 +0000

Business Wire | Washington City Paper
The Washington Examiner will become a “digital platform and weekly print magazine focused on political thought leadership” according to a press release.

The release includes some unusual language for those employees:

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Keller on NYT buyouts: ‘You feel that sense that your bench has lost a certain nimbleness’

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:58:27 +0000

Former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller discusses the paper’s recent buyouts:

I hated to see Jon Landman leave the paper and I hated to see Joe Sexton leave the paper. … Landman and Sexton were the kind … Read more

Copy editing, page design jobs to be outsourced at Toronto Star

Jeff Sonderman — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:33:56 +0000

Globe and Mail
Canada’s largest newspaper, the Toronto Star, is the latest to reduce costs by laying off copy editors and outsourcing their work for a fraction of the expense.

The Star will outsource page design and copy editing to … Read more

This week’s Washington Post layoffs were all on the business side

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:22:05 +0000

FishbowlDC

The Washington Post has laid off 54 people, Betsy Rothstein reports.

We’re told those given pink slips include Beth Jacobs, General Manager of Mobile, and Ken Dodelin, Director of Mobile Products. Sources say the entire Mobile Product Management
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Jim Roberts joins Reuters

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:56:51 +0000

The New York Observer
Former New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Jim Roberts will become executive editor of Reuters Digital, Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke reports. Roberts took a buyout from the Times last month.

He’ll “oversee the editorial work of Reuters.com … Read more