Star-Telegram update

[tonysoprano]

Buddy of mine emailed me......word is 40-50 positions are being eliminated in the newsroom, 10 of them in sports. Supposed to begin tomorrow.

Horrific. Say some prayers. Great people there.

 

[lone star scribe]

Those numbers are absolutely staggering. I'm sorry for my old friends there.

 

[ColbertNation]

40 to 50 would be a lot for the entire paper. I can't imagine pulling that many just out of the newsroom.

 

[Angola!]

Are they laying off 10 in the sports department or are they eating positions or what?

Ten seems like a ton.

 

[tonysoprano]

Asked my buddy. Didn't get an answer. Those were the basics, all he knew.

 

[write then drink]

good ****ing lord

 

[clutchcargo]

This is absolutely horrible, and I'm an FWST alum. Been a while, but I still know a number of folks there. I've got to think there are going to be some major changes to their operations to compensate for this---no way can this be business as usual after these cuts.

No way.

This stinks. God bless all you folks about to be sent packing.

 

[Jeremy Goodwin]

10 in any department seems rough. Good luck to all that work there.

 

[podunk press]

That is a lot.

Of course, I'm in Podunk where we would hold a celebration if we were granted a newsroom of 40.

I really hope the bean counters aren't looking at the staffing at Podunk papers and thinking "hey, if they can do this in Podunk, then why the hell can't we do it at the metro?"

 

[Lucas Wiseman]

I'm also a FWST alum and it makes my stomach hurt to read threads like this.

 

[pressboxramblings07]

This is awful. Just awful.

Best of luck to all involved and prayers for everyone.

 

[Magic In The Night]

One of my best friends works here. I pray for her tomorrow. The last time they did the layoffs she said they brought in this woman who careened around the newsroom like the Grim Reaper tapping people on the shoulder and asking them to come to a room where they were told they were canned. It went on for hours. Seriously inhumane!

 

[Armchair_QB]

****, I know a couple of people there and I bet they don't make it.

 

[Fredrick]

Ten people? Obviously that will completely finish off a once proud sports section. Keep giving it away online for free. That works.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

I know a few people there, including a married couple. Yes, the husband and wife both work there. They are in my thoughts this morning.

 

[micke77]

Oh crap. I better check on my longtime, fellow journalism grad who is on the FWST sports staff.
damn. he's afraid he'll be one of the next and he's been in this business a long, long time.

 

[hwkcrz1]

Is this more than a third of the entire staff?

 

[GuessWho]

Talked to a friend there this morning. They're expecting it to be whatever's worse than bad. Bloody, bloody Thursday was the way it was put to me.

 

[RickStain]

My thoughts with all of you.

 

[Joe Williams]

I know a few people there, including a married couple. Yes, the husband and wife both work there. They are in my thoughts this morning.

Hopefully at least one of them is retained. You hope it's not random in this case.

BTW, are we at the point yet where we can take a survey and see which papers' sports departments have been the LEAST hit by layoffs & buyouts? One near me has lost, I think, about three out of maybe 26-28 people over a two-year period, which doesn't seem all that bad anymore. But maybe other joints have been bulletproof.