More McClatchy layoffs?

I heard there were more layoffs this week in Charlotte and/or Miami. No details yet.

 

Top columnist Linda Robertson dumped in Miami, source says. Sunday sports editor, too.

The wheels are off at the Herald now. Get out while you're still alive ...

 

Damn.

Wonder how the conversation went? ... "Linda, happy holidays. Now get the fuck out. And don't let the door hit you on the ass."

 

Funny, at the Florida Times-Union yesterday, one of the reasons for laying off 15 copy editors-page designers to create a centralized hub in Augusta, Ga., was how it was something Gannett and McClatchy were also doing to increase profitability. Lemmings following each other off the cliff maybe???

 

Nothing going on in Charlotte, according to my sources ... in fact, they're actually hiring for a couple of newsside reporter positions ...

 

And they recently brought back a desk guy laid off over the summer. And just added two more papers to the publishing center (making it 8), with two more to follow (Bradenton and Miami) early in 2017.

But McClatchy did make this Christmassy announcement yesterday . . . no merit raises in 2017.

My former supervisor in Fort Lauderdale (laid off in 2008) is a sports slot in Miami. Hope he was not the "Sunday sports editor" to whom you are referring.

 

ASSuming we're thinking of the same former Lauderdale supervisor, an ever-reliable "source with knowledge of the situation" says he survived.

Also, the Sun Sentinel newsroom will move to the printing facility in Deerfield Beach just as soon as the owner of the building that currently houses the newsroom can find a replacement tenant. Will be the second newsroom move in the past five years or so.

 

That place has all the atmosphere of a bunker. Housed us when we had to work out of there during hurricanes.
Also a damn long drive for most folks, especially those in South Broward/North Dade. Great for those living in Palm Beach County, though.

 

He's not. ... Needs to stop barking at people, though.

 

I don't think he has any other voice other than barking.

 

Three packs of smokes a day can have that effect on a man's voice.

 

Who owns the florida times-union?