Posted on 08/16/2007 4:53:46 AM PDT by abb
NASHVILLE The Tennessean in Nashville, the state's largest daily newspaper, has approved buyouts for 24 employees.
President and Publisher Ellen Leifeld said the buyouts include eight newsroom staffers.
She said the paper, despite its dominant position in the Nashville region, has struggled the same as other metro papers as the industry copes with declining readership and advertising revenue.
The Tennessean and its community newspapers employ 870 full-time staffers.
Leifeld announced the buyout offer last month. Sixty-six employees requested the buyout, but only 24 were accepted.
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What ever will I wrap my fish in?
Just curious..have you seen any updates on the merged papers in California, where they just decertified the union as bargaining agent?
Have seen no updates on that. I’ll do some digging.
The Tennessean that helped give us Al Gore Junior and Senior, Senator Jim Sasser, and other extreme Leftists is now having its troubles. John Siegenthaler was its editor in its heyday and he had been John F. Kennedy’s roommate at Harvard. Thank God today for the rise of the alternative conservative media.
Sixty-six employees requested the buyout, but only 24 were accepted.
One can only imagine the horrors facing those who didn’t get a buyout!
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