On Monday, South Florida Sun-Sentinel editor Earl Maucker told Editor & Publisher that his paper will be cutting 20 percent of its staff — or about 58 employees. E&P had questioned why Maucker and Sun-Sentinel leaders had not reported the layoffs, which started Friday and will continue this week. Part of Maucker’s telling response: “It [...]

Much is being made — and rightly so — over the Orlando Sentinel‘s attempt to not discuss layoffs made last week at the paper. (Of course, Paper Cuts followers were in the know. Stay tuned, a second round of layoffs at the Sentinel will be announced this week.) The Sentinel cut 16 jobs Wednesday while [...]

Amy Martin is one of the 150 newsroom employees laid off from the Los Angeles Times this week. But she’s putting a spin on that devastating news: She’s offering to help her job-seeking co-workers redesign their résumés. Amy joined the Times in September as the Calendar design editor, and was at the Detroit Free Press [...]

The Metromix St. Louis launch party is July 25 at the Schlafly Tap Room. St. Louis’s Gannett-owned KSDK (Channel 5) is behind the new addition to the Metromix family. In October, Gannett and Tribune Co. teamed up to expand Metromix. The Chicago Tribune started Metromix more than 10 years ago. Metromix offers a searchable guide [...]

Several sources have said they believe bigger changes are afoot at The Times. Today’s announcement: From: William Nangle Sent: Mon 7/14/2008 9:27 AM To: MUN Newsroom Cc: MUN OC Subject: New role for 2 in Media Center Kerry Erickson assumes the role of Night Editor at The Times effective today. Kerry is a strong newswoman [...]