Cleveland Plain Dealer workers prepare for cuts to one-third of newsroom (Paper endorsed Obama!)

Newsnet 5 ^ | 12/5/12 | John Kosich

[jimbo123]

The Cleveland Plain Dealer plans to cut 58 positions out of its newsroom staff next year, according to the Northeast Ohio Newspaper Guild. That's roughly one-third of the guild's 168 members.

"We found out about them in the last few days," said Harlan Spector, of the Northeast Ohio Newspaper Guild. "The company has said that they're going to cut the unionized workforce of the newsroom to 110 next year."

[jimbo123]

Merry Kwanzaa, Obama voters!

[Tzimisce]

It’s okay.

In this roaring Obama economy, they’ll find great jobs right away. :)

[Cyman]

At least they will have cellphones!!!!!!!!!

[windsorknot]

The Cleveland Plain Dope Dealer

[Navy Patriot]

Cleveland Plain Dealer workers prepare for cuts to one-third of newsroom

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of Marxists, Happy Wicken Solstice!

[Gator113]

On their last day, do they hold an office party and give each of the parting comrades their very own Gold EBT card?

[exit82]

Don’t despair, Obama voters! Obama feels your pain.

Now, when is tee time?

[catnipman]

“There’s great interest in this city in maintaining a seven-day-a-week paper”

But apparently not enough actual interest for actual advertisers or actual subscribers to pay actual money for said putative seven-day-a-week interest.

[dhs12345]

Hey. At least there is less paper in the landfill. That should make the environmentalists happy.

[hal ogen]

To those effected who voted for LIBs, DIMs and/or nobama... Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[SoFloFreeper]

Excellent.

[GeronL]

cool...

maybe the rest will be reduced to 29 hour weeks

or maybe they will publish 3 days a week like the New Orleans rag

[abb]

ping

[dhs12345]

Maybe like large stimulus paycheck or a generous bailout is due. Gotta keep making those buggy whips!

[GeronL]

The New Oleans rag dropped to 3 per week

[morphing libertarian]

Related note. Latimes raised newsstand cost from dollar to dollar fifty this week.

[nascarnation]

As a former Clevelander, I say good riddance.

But this looks like a situation for Baraqqi Bucks to be helicoptered in to save the day. Doesn’t he want another 60 bil in stimulus for 013?

[GeronL]

wow

$1.50??

seriously??

[nascarnation]

Our local Gannett generipaper here in Indianapolis came out with a big price increase. I called them up and said give me the old price or quit sending the paper. Took them about 10 seconds to agree.

Did the same thing with cable company and XM Sirius.
In the Baraqqi Depression, everything is negotiable (except the IRS).

[hinckley buzzard]

Apparently Plan A is going to three days a week. I get the PD on Sundays and holidays, mostly for the local sports coverage and the letters page, to see what the village idiots are thinking about varous issues. There is no interest anywhere in the PD remaining a seven day a week paper. A once influential newspaper, it has degenerated to pap and three day old wire service articles. The PD used to have a daily competitor. When the Cleveland Press folded, the terminal decline of the PD began.