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| Layoffs Continue To Pummel U.S. Newspapers |
| 2019-08-02 |
| First cup of coffee, reading some schadenfreudilicious news - enjoy! [Pew Research via Drudge]- Layoffs continue to pummel U.S. newspapers. Roughly a quarter of papers with an average Sunday circulation of 50,000 or more experienced layoffs in 2018, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. The layoffs come on top of the roughly one-third of papers in the same circulation range that experienced layoffs in 2017. What’s more, the number of jobs typically cut by newspapers in 2018 tended to be higher than in the year before. Mid-market newspapers were the most likely to suffer layoffs in 2018 ‐ unlike in 2017, when the largest papers most frequently saw cutbacks. Meanwhile, digital-native news outlets also faced continued layoffs: In 2018, 14% of the highest-traffic digital-native news outlets went through layoffs, down slightly from one-in-five in 2017. So it looks like the NYT, WaPo, Boston Globe, et. al. weathered the storm better last year than in 2017, which means it may turn back this year. Good riddance, Fake News Democrats! |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #7 'the beatings will continue until morale improves' |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2019-08-02 18:48 |
| #6 The fewer partisan hacks the better. |
| Posted by: Creling Pelosi3622 2019-08-02 15:47 |
| #5 Raj, the AM & FM stations around here are getting bought up by National/International companies like IHeart, Westwood and the like. Content suffers afterwards and may be the issue by you, too. I've always been suspicious of centralized media. They can 'inject' whatever content that fits their philosophy. Kind of like 'All-Union Radio' (Всесоюзное радио). |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2019-08-02 13:42 |
| #4 Dale - the local terrestrial radio environment here in Boston's been seriously downhill over the past decade. We lost WBCN (hard rock) and WFNX (alternative), lost WODS (oldies / Motown) in that span, WBOS used to be a watered-down version of WFNX, then they switched to 'classic rock', but we already have WZLX for that, and WAAF (hard rock & metal) isn't as good as it once was. I could go on, but you get the picture. It's a real shit sandwich. |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-08-02 11:42 |
| #3 Now this;"Young people have fled terrestrial radio. The medium now brings in less revenue than streaming platforms. People purchase smart speakers to listen to “better music.” So, will radio go the way of the dodo?". |
| Posted by: Dale 2019-08-02 10:42 |
| #2 Well it is a disturbing trend. Many people don't read the papers or listen to the news. Well they have done this to themselves. So negative and biased. Yes, and digital has not panned out also. Couldn't have happen to a nicer group of people. Remember Southern Living and Life. Too expensive and tremendous losses. I can't tell you the fix but the patient is on life support. |
| Posted by: Dale 2019-08-02 10:38 |
| #1 They might have better luck if they'd start practicing actual journalism. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-08-02 10:36 |