Someday, the cuts to the newspaper industry will equalize with job gains elsewhere in the media world (I hope), and this brave new thing that will rise up to replace the printed word will materialize, offering us all quality journalism without the ink stains on our hands and feet. (Well, your hands... my feet...)
Someday.
But not today.
McClatchy, the former owner of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, slashed 1,400 jobs across the country Monday morning, including 250 at the Miami Herald alone.
News article on this crap here
That's a 10 percent reduction.
Imagine losing 10 percent of your body weight all at once ... or 10 percent of your extended family ... or 10 percent of your co-workers.
McClatchy had previously cut 2,000 jobs over the course of 18 months, so this latest bolt of pain is just a sudden amputation on top of the loss of the larger limb that had been hacked off a little more gradually.
Cry, cry for the newsfolk....
They need it!
FYI: McClatchy-owned newspapers include The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Kansas City Star, the Charlotte Observer.
McClatchy.com
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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