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St. Pete Times avoids layoffs

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Drip, Aug 18, 2008.

  1. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Enough people took the buyout. Nevertheless, some good ones are leaving the business.
    http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003840123
     
    Drip, Aug 18, 2008
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  2. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Always love the "for the foreseeable future" line in the CEO memo about avoiding layoffs.

    Like many other papers, the Times took buyouts from a helluva lot of talented people. Chris Sherman was a kick-ass food critic.
     
    playthrough, Aug 18, 2008
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  3. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    For the foreseeable future = three months or when the next quarterly report comes out, at least by my calculations.
     
    sportschick, Aug 18, 2008
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  4. Riddick

    Riddick Active Member

    It's all bullshit!
    Our publisher was asked about buyouts a couple of months ago. He gave the "foreseeable future" line.
    Little did we know the foreseeable future was just two weeks away.
     
    Riddick, Aug 18, 2008
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  5. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Did your publisher give you a kiss before he came? That's really fucked up.
     
    Drip, Aug 18, 2008
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  6. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    But par for the course these days. We all know newspapers are hurting. I just wish there was more honesty coming down from on high.
     
    sportschick, Aug 18, 2008
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  7. Riddick

    Riddick Active Member

    Exactly!
    We all know things are going to shit. All we ask is that management is honest with us.
     
    Riddick, Aug 18, 2008
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