Times buys Tampa Trib

Production hiring was completed in February, when the Times began printing the Tribune.

It's my understanding there are a handful of hirings from circulation, and perhaps none from advertising. By my count, there were four newsroom hires from the Tribune/TBO (out of about 80).

The staffs of Highlands Today (a daily published by the Tribune) and some of the weeklies were assimilated by the Times, but I don't believe they count toward the 265 formerly employed by the Tribune.

 

My understanding is the Times did hire almost every press room employee willing to make the much longer commute. I specifically asked if they would be retained and was told they would be with the added products.

 

Times has hired a new sports editor. You will recognize the name. Credit to them. Getting Fennelly was huge. So is this. Much stronger today than they were two months ago.