On Friday, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel laid off more than 50 newsroom employees, including three Web producers. The Daily Pulp reports that online producers Jack Brennan and Ray Lynch volunteered to be laid off; Brian Wacker did not. On Thursday, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel added a Web job to the Tribune job board: Title: Online [...]
In case you missed it, Lee Enterprises — parent company of my employer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and more than 50 other daily papers — released its third-quarter earnings on Thursday. The news that made headlines: Profits were down by a whopping 87.4 percent. Net income was $2.8 million, compared to $22.5 million for the [...]