May 6, 2011
Layoffs at the North County Times and Californian
The North County Times and The Californian have laid off twenty workers between them, according to the Press-Enterprise. The Lee-owned papers cover parts of San Diego and Riverside counties. The layoffs hit multiple departments; the story does not say how many newsroom employees got the axe. Said the dejected source who emailed me the article, "A few years ago people actually cared about stuff like this..."
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Always sad to hear about layoffs due to a dying business. As their stock hovers around a dollar a share, and no hope of business returning even in good times, I am afraid that drum will continue to beat.
Of course good old John Sturm of the NAA can continue to spout off on how relevant newspapers are in print and web as circulation at most continues to fall.
Papers like these two will not survive in their current form nor will the majority of LANG newspapers. Which will be the first to cease daily delivery. It is coming and sooner than you think.
As is typical of American corporations, does that mean that the top executives will soon be receiving raises, bonuses or other monetary boosts?
The answer is socialism, call it what you want. Newspapers are laying off from existence whilst McDonalds spending a billion on remodeling. Which do we need more? Truly democratic social government is means to allocate funding to socially responsible enterprises, like PBS-style newspapers with responsible management accountable to society and not to corporations.
There were 20 Editorial layoffs between the Cal and NCT
Will the North County Times in one of the variations of the LANG/SGV/Times/Register/U-T/PE roll-up? Lee so far has stayed away from the speculation. But it can't survive as the sole survivor of a massive conglomeration from Ventura to SD.
Lee Enterprises has some pretty serious money problems, like just about every other newspaper company. But honestly, the idea that they're going to be absorbed by Singleton anytime soon is a stretch.
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