Layoffs at Sun-Sentinel

[Mizzougrad96]

Two gone in sports so far... Including one huge name...

 

[CD Boogie]

Are we playing Mad Libs? The big name laid off is ___________?

 

[Cigar56]

Romenesko reporting golf writer Jeff Shain is also out. He covered golf for the Orlando Sentinel and the Tribune chain.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Who needs a golf writer in Florida?

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Are we playing Mad Libs? The big name laid off is ___________?

_(Name)_ got _(Past-Tense Verb)_ at the _(Name of Newspaper)_.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Romenesko reporting golf writer Jeff Shain is also out. He covered golf for the Orlando Sentinel and the Tribune chain.

Sickening. Jeff is an all-time good guy.

 

[SixToe]

"Some guy named Palmer with golf scores from Bay Hill! Is that a club near here? Is there an intern or someone to take these?"

Damn. Two straight days of this crappy news.

 

[Riptide]

Editorial cartoonist Dana Summers also kicked out in Orlando.

Readers won't like that a bit. His work has been a daily presence for years.

 

[Cigar56]

Romenesko: UPDATE – A tipster reports: “The Orlando Sentinel’s sister paper, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, also had layoffs.” Second tipster: “One position included religion editor. Sports columnist. Assistant. Online worker.”

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I find it difficult to believe that two Tribune papers would have layoffs and the others would not...

The Sun-Sentinel cuts seem like an obvious salary dump. Orlando seems like a specific position was eliminated.

 

[Cigar56]

They're all salary dumps at this point. Newspapers long ago cut all the fat.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I find it difficult to believe that two Tribune papers would have layoffs and the others would not...

Yep, I'd be jumping anytime the phone rings today if I were a highly paid older writer at the LA Times.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

They're all salary dumps at this point. Newspapers long ago cut all the fat.

Well, there are different ways places do it. There's last hired, first fired, which doesn't happen often. There are also the places where they cut the weakest link. Sadly, that doesn't happen very often either because that would require actual work and decision-making. Usually it's a position elimination or a salary dump and often they're both...

 

[Riptide]

I find it difficult to believe that two Tribune papers would have layoffs and the others would not...

The Sun-Sentinel cuts seem like an obvious salary dump. Orlando seems like a specific position was eliminated.

Baltimore had layoffs, too. It's on Romenesko.

 

[Drip]

It's that time of year folks.

 

[joe king]

Bills are coming due.

 

[Riptide]

Got names for those Sun Sentinel sports layoffs yet?

 

[Moderator1]

OK, I've done my best to stay out of these conversations for obvious reasons and I'm about to crawl back into my hole. But if Sandra McKee got laid off in Baltimore, that is CRIMINAL. One of the best people I know, extremely good at her job and there's this:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-mckee-essay-1025-20121025,0,6912115.story

I'm sitting here hoping it was her choice, that someone with no heart didn't just up and decide to make that cut.

Oh, this business.

As you were. I'm out.

(and yes, I have those S-S names. Do a little research, they're quite out there and unlike Kramer's boys, not loving it)

 

[Riptide]

I haven't found those names yet. Which is why I'm looking here.

 

[Drip]

OK, I've done my best to stay out of these conversations for obvious reasons and I'm about to crawl back into my hole. But if Sandra McKee got laid off in Baltimore, that is CRIMINAL. One of the best people I know, extremely good at her job and there's this:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-mckee-essay-1025-20121025,0,6912115.story

I'm sitting here hoping it was her choice, that someone with no heart didn't just up and decide to make that cut.

Oh, this business.

As you were. I'm out.

(and yes, I have those S-S names. Do a little research, they're quite out there and unlike Kramer's boys, not loving it)

As a personal note, you hang in there Moddy. Hope things work out in your world.