I didn’t want to talk about the sad (boo-hoo) state of California newspapers without starting with an upbeat picture. I chose one of my wife Laura and her lovely sisters.
Oh, I could go on and on about how folks are tired of the stuff that we call ‘newspapers’ …and everyone has their own nicknames… like the ‘ daily disappointment.’ However, it’s not the price of a newspaper that gets to people… it’s what they put into it …and this ‘truth’ is what ‘journalists’ have refused to recognize. Newspapers have refused to look at the changing world honestly.
Here’s what the Wall Street Journal Wrote about the issue:
“a precipitous drop in ad spending has cut profits at U.S. Newspapers sharply. Some dailies are in bankruptcy, some are printing fewer papers and some have closed altogether. Thousands of reporters, editors and others have left the industry.”
Here what’s happening at the top 50 National newspapers that also happen to be in California:
The Los Angeles Daily News
CHANGES: Twenty-two editorial employees were laid off in February 2008.
CIRC: 137,344
The Fresno Bee
The Fresno Bee said in March it will lay off 63 people. The layoffs are the third round of job cuts at the Bee since June 2008.
CIRC: 150,334
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