What A Newspaper Layoff Looks Like
Wed, Feb 25th, 2009
Layoffs are underway at the LA Times and a guy named Ed Pagett's been tallying up the pink slips. Its a revealing look into newspaper operations:
His breakdown is a good reminder that newspapers are far more than a bunch of hacks -- er, pressmen and presswomen -- generating content. There are massive operations geared to pump out and deliver lots of paper each day.
Photo of the Houston Chronicle's old printing press: eschipul
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