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Shaping the Future of the Newspaper

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Tennessee newspaper redesigns to trim expenses

Tennessee newspaper redesigns to trim expenses

The Knoxville News Sentinel, of Knoxville, Tennessee, showed off a new design Monday that cuts costs by merging four sections – local, national, sports and features – into two sections, for two editions each week, the Associated Press reported.

Editions on Tuesday through Saturday will still have four sections. However, other standard features are changing, such as stock tables now being available on the newspaper Web site only.

The E.W. Scripps-owned newspaper has previously had to cut 50 jobs as part of a layoff of 400 employees across the company. Single copy prices have also gone up, according the AP article, posted by CNN Money.

Although the changes are aimed at cutting costs, Editor Jack McElroy wrote in his Sunday column he believes they will also make the paper “more engaging,” the AP reported.

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Leah McBride Mensching

Date

2008-11-18 20:29

Shaping the Future of the Newspaper


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