Layoffs in Sarasota

No idea who or how many. A friend survived again. That's all I know.

 

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090204/ARTICLE/902040335/2107/BUSINESS?Title=Herald_Tribune_cuts_jobs_and_some_home_delivery

 

"We are doing everything we can to adapt during challenging economic circumstances."

Ugh.

My best wishes to those who lost ther jobs. Wish I still lived there so you could crash at my place.

 

translated via bullshitfish, that reads: "We are trying to kill ourselves, and succeeding."

 

For what it's worth, McFarlin came up through the news side.

 

The word is the other NYT papers in Florida are going to get hit hard.

 

I actually interviewed with her for a job once. Liked her a lot. They just didn't offer enough money for the job they had.

 

Any way you could elaborate on "hit hard?"

 

I do know one of the bigger things that happened recently at The Ledger (Lakeland) is they cut their stringer budget nearly in half, which has seriously crippled sports since they relied on stringers to help get their paper out on weekends especially.