Detroit newspapers to see more staff reductions
Posted by Emily Dilling on June 1, 2009 at 6:24 AM
Rich Harshbarger, vice president of consumer marketing at the Detroit Media Partnership, has announced 129 layoffs are planned at the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press, Editor & Publisher reported.
The cuts will come from both editorial and management sections of both the partnership and the newspapers it operates, with the Detroit News losing 5 percent of its staff and the Free Press seeing 10 percent of its staff cut.
Harshbarger attributed the decision to problems due to the economy as well as severe drops in advertising revenue for the papers.
The cuts will come from both editorial and management sections of both the partnership and the newspapers it operates, with the Detroit News losing 5 percent of its staff and the Free Press seeing 10 percent of its staff cut.
Harshbarger attributed the decision to problems due to the economy as well as severe drops in advertising revenue for the papers.
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