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The title is cliche, but “Lemonade,” a new documentary, proves there’s life after a layoff: Learn more about “Lemonade.” Speaking of layoffs, Paper Cuts counts more than 13,000 newspaper layoffs in 2009.
Theresa Badovich was laid off from the Times of Northwest Indiana on Monday. She was the managing editor for new media, and has previously served as the marketing director and design director at the paper. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. Theresa is one of journalism’s most creative, and one of the [...]
It’s a day no one really wanted to see, but the 87 buyouts at the Sacramento Bee pushed this year’s total of layoffs/buyouts at U.S. newspapers above 10,000. That’s 39.39 jobs per day. The total doesn’t tell the full story, though: More layoffs and buyouts have not been reported. Earlier this week, the Billings Gazette [...]
The other blog has been getting some attention lately. It’s one of those things that you want to happen, but it’s very strange when it does. Here’s a look at what people are saying. A tag cloud generated from posts written about the blog (I know — don’t judge): being (10) blog (41) buyouts (12) called (7) cuts (64) depressing (7) [...]
Profits are below expectations at Anheuser-Busch. The beer giant is losing ground in the U.S. to imports, and is looking for ways to increase growth and cut costs. But, as our editor pointed out last week in a staff meeting, that does not mean that A-B will take 2 or 3 ounces out of each [...]