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Changes at The Oklahoman?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Inky_Wretch, Jun 8, 2016.

  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Rumors the desk is moving to Austin and the paper will be printed by the Tulsa World. Anybody heard anything?
     
  2. steveu

    steveu Well-Known Member

  3. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    "Along with other manufacturing changes, a total of 65 full-time and 65 part-time positions will be eliminated."

    That's a lot of people for just the press. I'm guessing the desk is gone too.
     
  4. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    I assume the Austin part would be about GateHouse?

    Fuck that company.
     
  5. I Should Coco

    I Should Coco Well-Known Member

    And of course, the deadlines just got earlier, too:

     
  6. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Except most of the people still subscribing to the paper don't want to get their news that way. Is it that hard to figure out?
     
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  7. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    GateHouse does not own the Oklahoman. But it does provide desk services in Austin to outside companies for a fee. GateHouse also whores out its presses in similar fashion.
     
  8. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    That's what I was referring to. Fuck GateHouse.
     
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  9. JRoyal

    JRoyal Well-Known Member

    I can confirm the copy desk and design move to the Austin Gatehouse shop. Sad to see this. Lots of friends in OKC.
     
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  10. Bronco77

    Bronco77 Well-Known Member

    Any newspaper that outsources copy-editing and design to GateHouse with the idea of saving money will discover that you get what you pay for.
     
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  11. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Oklahoman has to be the biggest paper being done out of Austin. I'd love to see reader feedback when they can't get a Thunder game into the section because it ran too late.
     
  12. Oggiedoggie

    Oggiedoggie Well-Known Member

    The Oklahoman "leadership team" crashed the newspaper into a bridge abutment, and now they're trying to get readers to believe that it was a good idea.
     
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