Media Life reported today the sad cumulative damage in newsrooms in the past five months:
Since April, more than 900 newsroom jobs have been cut in these days of declining circulation and shrinking ad revenues. Now the paper cuts are extending even to those who’ve made an effort to avoid them in the past.
For the first time in the history of Illinois’ third-largest newspaper, the suburban Daily Herald is laying off staff, although it’s unclear how many. That’s despite the fact the 150,000-circulation paper actually saw slight increases in its Sunday and daily paid circulations compared with the same six months in 2006, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ March figures.
The family-owned-and-operated Paddock Publications, which is based in Arlington Heights, cited a significant drop in ad revenue as the reason for the layoffs, which reportedly affect clerical and other lower-level employees. There will also be an across-the-board 5 percent salary reduction. Other cost-cutting measures include freezing raises and cutting each department’s non-payroll expenses by 10 percent. Other recent paper cuts have come at the San Jose Mercury News, Chicago Tribune and Denver Post, among many others.
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