Among the doom a gloom media news lately (the newspaper layoff count has passed 14,000, and newspaper circulation is down just about everywhere), there may be some positive signs as well. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where I also work, is hiring four people: A business health care reporter A data specialist An investigative reporter And [...]
Many newspapers are forcing employees to take unpaid time off, selling it as an option to avoid layoffs. Newspapers aren’t the only companies using furloughs: Toyota, Arizona State University and the state of California are also using this tactic to try to save money. But that doesn’t make it right. Furloughs are ineffective, inefficient and [...]
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 [...]
The Montana Standard and its parent company, Lee Enterprises Inc., were ordered to pay almost $142,000 to a former employee who was fired because she was pregnant, according to a state Department of Labor and Industry decision. ODDS & ENDS • Farecast could be pretty cool, if it really works. • The Internet has drastically [...]
