(Lexington, KY) Herald-Leader offers more employee buyouts (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

Lexington Herald-Leader ^ | August 11, 2008 | Staff

[debboo]

Poor bird, maybe he could start using the Curious Urinal(Courier Journal) to shite on in the future.

[Berosus]

The general rule is that I give the parrot color advertisements most of the time, figuring he’ll find them more interesting. If he’s a good boy, he gets the comics or the sports section! But I never, EVER, put the editorial pages in the cage face up. That could be hazardous to his mental health.

[SunkenCiv]

:’) Good idea. Ya wouldn’t want the parrot saying “Polly went crackers” or something.

[Berosus]

Well, he does a pretty good imitation of a modern Democrat when he doesn’t get his way. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlwlKRanAt0

[ShakiraG]

Everyone of us is hurting by this economic recession; most of us now find ourselves only one medical emergency away from bankruptcy. Companies and businesses are also feeling the effects of this and in order to survive they are announcing a massive job cuts. In Kentucky, the Lexington Herald Leader, which is a newspaper with the largest circulation and part of the McClatchy newspaper empire, had to resort to layoffs and other measures to avoid closing. The paper will shed about 15% of its workforce, and those on $25,000 or more in yearly salary will have to take a pay cut, including executives who will also not be getting bonuses this year. McClatchy newspapers, the second largest news conglomerate, has been losing ad revenue and facing higher printing costs, and many of its newspapers just like the Lexington Herald Leader face similar circumstances.