Posted on 04/16/2009 3:12:48 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The New York Times unveiled plans on Thursday to eliminate several weekly sections of the newspaper in the latest cost-cutting move at the prestigious but financially troubled daily.
The Washington Post, meanwhile, announced a sweeping editorial reorganization at the newspaper and details of its plan to merge its currently separate print and online operations into a single newsroom.
The Times said it was doing away with several weekly sections "in a bid to save millions of dollars" in ink, paper and freelance reporter costs, absorbing them into other parts of the newspaper.
On the chopping board are the "Escapes" travel section in Friday editions, the regular fashion layout in The New York Times Magazine and regional weekly sections for surrounding areas such as New Jersey, the Times said.
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At the Washington Post, executive editor Marcus Brauchli unveiled a number of personnel changes and the creation of a "Universal News Desk" that will edit stories for both the print and online editions of the newspaper.
Brauchli, in a memo to the staff, said the reorganization was designed to "create new reporting groups, streamline editing desks and anticipate the impending integration of our print and digital news operations."
"We want to empower journalists and encourage them to work across departments and platforms," he said.
"A single editor ultimately ought to be able to oversee all versions of a story, whether it appears in print, online or on a BlackBerry or iPhone."
Like other US newspapers, the Times and the Post have been grappling with a steep drop in print advertising revenue, steadily declining circulation and the migration of readers to free news online.
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lol.
watch them get even more leftist if thats possible
To quote a famous cartoonist, “It looks like a nest of Wiener dogs”.
They are only forestalling the inevitable cancerous death caused by it’s degenerate and perverted liberal owners and tyisrts...You can hardly call them journalists any more, now can you?
I won’t be satisfied until they’ve all gone the way of the dodo and the passenger pigeon.
I see a pimp Senator is offering legislation to let them run as non-profits provided they don’t make political endorsements. LOL
Congress proclaims that they are too liberal to fail!
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