Philly newspapers cut 68 jobs
By Erina Lin, Thursday 28 February 2008 at 23:20 :: Labor & Employment :: #1334 :: rss
Philadelphia's two largest dailies announced another round of job cuts - 68 non-newsroom employees lost their jobs as the recession of the newspaper advertising market continued, the Associated Press reported Thursday.
According to the union Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia, the papers’ parent company, Philadelphia Media Holdings, cut 68 jobs in advertising, circulation, customer service, finance, marketing and systems. The union said Wednesday that a "very small" number of managers will be laid off.
The layoffs take effect March 28, but employees have been told that they can leave immediately, according to chron.com.
Jay Devine, a spokesman for Philadelphia Media Holdings, said the slumped advertising market forced the company to make cuts. Devine added that the company has added editorial workers and is completing a plant investment that will put more color into the papers.
"We continue to make prudent investments in areas of growth that are critical to the organisation while also being as absolutely efficient as we can be in all other areas," said Devine.
Philadelphia Media Holdings just laid off about 100 editorial and advertising workers more than a year ago, chron.com reported.
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