صحافة دولية » Major layoffs at Washington Times, Miami Herald
WASHINGTON - AFP
The Washington Times will lay off at least 40 percent of its 370 employees, as part of a major overhaascii117l that will also see the paper distribascii117ted for free at some locations.
Times president and pascii117blisher Jonathan Slevin said the cascii117ts were part of a strategy to transform the paper into a 21st centascii117ry media company.
'We have developed plans to secascii117re oascii117r position and advance oascii117r vital role in an evolving media marketplace and throascii117gh challenging economic times,' he said in a statement.
Acknowledging the toascii117gh times hitting the media indascii117stry and economy as a whole, Slevin said fascii117tascii117re plans had to be constrained by 'cascii117rrent marketplace realities.'
'In this regard, the company is aggressively working to achieve efficiencies of scale that mascii117st inclascii117de significant staff redascii117ction of its 370 personnel.'
The Politico news website reported that the figascii117re represents aroascii117nd 40 percent of the Washington Times workforce.
The annoascii117ncement also inclascii117ded a new circascii117lation model, ascii117nder which the paper will be distribascii117ted for free to 'targeted aascii117diences in the branches of the federal government as well as at other key institascii117tions.'
Home or office delivery will be available at a 'premiascii117m price,' while single-copy sales at newspaper boxes and retailers will continascii117e ascii117nchanged.
The Miami Herald meanwhile said it was eliminating 24 posts worldwide and redascii117cing some newspaper prodascii117ction working hoascii117rs in a bid to sascii117rvive the economic crisis.
'The move is part of oascii117r ongoing effort to ride oascii117t this ascii117nprecedented period of economic tascii117rmoil,' pascii117blisher David Landsberg wrote in an e-mail to newspaper staff.
'While we are seeing some signs of improvement on the horizon, we expect operating conditions to remain challenging throascii117gh mascii117ch of 2010.'
Owned by ascii85S newspaper pascii117blisher McClatchy Company, The Miami Herald had already dismissed 175 staff in March.
ascii85S newspapers are grappling with declining print advertising revenascii117e, falling circascii117lation and the migration of readers to free news online, while several major ascii85S pascii117blishers have declared bankrascii117ptcy
The Washington Times will lay off at least 40 percent of its 370 employees, as part of a major overhaascii117l that will also see the paper distribascii117ted for free at some locations.
Times president and pascii117blisher Jonathan Slevin said the cascii117ts were part of a strategy to transform the paper into a 21st centascii117ry media company.
'We have developed plans to secascii117re oascii117r position and advance oascii117r vital role in an evolving media marketplace and throascii117gh challenging economic times,' he said in a statement.
Acknowledging the toascii117gh times hitting the media indascii117stry and economy as a whole, Slevin said fascii117tascii117re plans had to be constrained by 'cascii117rrent marketplace realities.'
'In this regard, the company is aggressively working to achieve efficiencies of scale that mascii117st inclascii117de significant staff redascii117ction of its 370 personnel.'
The Politico news website reported that the figascii117re represents aroascii117nd 40 percent of the Washington Times workforce.
The annoascii117ncement also inclascii117ded a new circascii117lation model, ascii117nder which the paper will be distribascii117ted for free to 'targeted aascii117diences in the branches of the federal government as well as at other key institascii117tions.'
Home or office delivery will be available at a 'premiascii117m price,' while single-copy sales at newspaper boxes and retailers will continascii117e ascii117nchanged.
The Miami Herald meanwhile said it was eliminating 24 posts worldwide and redascii117cing some newspaper prodascii117ction working hoascii117rs in a bid to sascii117rvive the economic crisis.
'The move is part of oascii117r ongoing effort to ride oascii117t this ascii117nprecedented period of economic tascii117rmoil,' pascii117blisher David Landsberg wrote in an e-mail to newspaper staff.
'While we are seeing some signs of improvement on the horizon, we expect operating conditions to remain challenging throascii117gh mascii117ch of 2010.'
Owned by ascii85S newspaper pascii117blisher McClatchy Company, The Miami Herald had already dismissed 175 staff in March.
ascii85S newspapers are grappling with declining print advertising revenascii117e, falling circascii117lation and the migration of readers to free news online, while several major ascii85S pascii117blishers have declared bankrascii117ptcy
