Monday, October 19, 2009

Almost 14,000 Newspaper Jobs Lost 2009

(Source for above stat: Paper Cuts)


  • The Wall Street Journal told Advertising Age today that its new report with the Audit Bureau of Circulations will show average paid circulation of 2.02 million copies over the six months ending in September, up from 2.01 million in the period a year earlier. That will handily topple the longtime circulation champion USA Today, which told Editor & Publisher last week that it's reporting average paid circulation of 1.88 million, down from nearly 2.3 million as a cover-price hike and declining hotel occupancy took their toll....


Times Says It Will Cut 100 Newsroom Jobs
  • The New York Times plans to eliminate 100 newsroom jobs — about 8 percent of the total — by year’s end, offering buyouts to union and non-union employees, and resorting to layoffs if it cannot get enough people to leave voluntarily, the paper announced on Monday....