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Fresno Bee loses 40 workers in latest McClatchy cutback

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-09-17 06:47|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 McClatchy, like other newspaper publishers, has been struggling with a weak economy and the exodus of business to the Internet and other media.

"Quintus Arrius: We keep you alive to serve this ship. So row well, and live."

McClatchy, it appears your rowing is not up to standards.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-17 09:01|| 2008-09-17 09:01|| Front Page Top

#2 How many writers do you really need just to re-do PR releases, anyway?

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie, formerly known as Swamp Blondie 2008-09-17 09:41|| 2008-09-17 09:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Fresno Bee used to be a rather good small-market newspaper. Before McClatchy, I guess.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-09-17 10:35|| 2008-09-17 10:35|| Front Page Top

#4 the San Diego UT is also cutting back bigtime preparing to be sold by cutting salaries and positions.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-17 10:56|| 2008-09-17 10:56|| Front Page Top

#5 They bought out Knight-Ridder with a lot of debt financed with junk bonds. Now they have to pay the nut on those bonds in this tough financial environment. Wonder how long before they ask for a federal bailout?

Posted by Steve White 2008-09-17 11:21|| 2008-09-17 11:21|| Front Page Top

#6 How many writers do you really need just to re-do PR releases, anyway?

Eleven. One for changing the bulb. Nine others to rotate him and finally another one in front of the keyboard waiting until there is light in the room.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-09-17 11:54|| 2008-09-17 11:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Daytona News-Journal (believe it or not, a radical left-wing indy) is laying off 150 but not in the editorial or reporting side. No, they are going for the real fat - circulation, advertising, mechanics, drivers, etc. Circulation is way down as is advertising. Yet, they continue to bang the Obama pans and keep running the most anti-free market, anti-war, anti-anything republican or conservative editorials while the readers say no thanks and quit. Real fiddling while Rome burns mentality.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-09-17 12:18|| 2008-09-17 12:18|| Front Page Top

#8 They also ruined the Idaho Statesman in Boise. It used to be a great paper with fantastic reporting. Knight Ridder bought it and sold to McClatchy. Now it so bad that it is not even worth checking their website. Locally, they will have maybe one or two stories that are yesterday's news. As for everything else, it reminds me of an internet spider - a bunch of generic nothing that is designed to attract everyone but appeals to no one.

I bought it for awhile and I would really like to buy it again for the local advertisement or events. But it's just so void of content other than DNC talking points. I can't imagine they will survive.

They blame it on the internet, but I miss having the paper to look through. It's just that they aren't selling anything worth buying.

All of these papers Union Tribune, Fresno Bee and Idaho Statemen used to be independent and good. What a shame they destroyed them.

Posted by Betty Grating2215 2008-09-17 12:43|| 2008-09-17 12:43|| Front Page Top

#9 The Union Tribune was never good, Betty. It's up for sale now. Wanna buy it? I bet you could run it better than David Copley, the publisher. They were never anything but cheerleaders for the local good old boys. Republicans, yes, but crooked as all get out and they have run San Diego right into the ground. You wanna talk about the mortgage crisis? San Diego is ground zero. Developers using illegal aliens for labor slapping up massive housing tracts where the houses sold for a half million to a million a pop. I could never figure out who could afford those places. Well, it turns out nobody could. When the ARMs adjusted up to a realistic interest rate the buyers walked away. So a lot of them are standing empty right now. Meanwhile they ask us to conserve water because they never had enough water for all the people who were moving here. But the UT was cheering them on the whole time while fat, lazy Copely was out playing on his yacht.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-09-17 13:54|| 2008-09-17 13:54|| Front Page Top

#10 "The Fresno Bee also plans to cut about 10 more jobs next year by outsourcing some financial operations,..."
if less money comes in, then i would expect the outsourced financial service to also be downsized.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-09-17 13:58|| 2008-09-17 13:58|| Front Page Top

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