#Job cuts in media topped 30,000 in 2020

#Job cuts in media topped 30,000 in 2020

“#Job cuts in media topped 30,000 in 2020” The media industry was racked by a record 30,711 job cuts in 2020 — a stunning increase of 201 percent from the year earlier when 10,201 jobs were lost. The figures, which were rolled out Thursday by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, included jobs data from…

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#Talk of Marty Baron retirement at WaPo clouds editor searches

#Talk of Marty Baron retirement at WaPo clouds editor searches

“#Talk of Marty Baron retirement at WaPo clouds editor searches” Growing chatter that Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron could soon retire is complicating searches for several other high-profile top news jobs, including the quest for a new head of the Los Angeles Times, media sources say.  Baron has not made any officially announcement, but…

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#Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post on a hiring spree

#Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post on a hiring spree

“#Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post on a hiring spree” The Jeff Bezos era has been very good to the Washington Post. The money-losing newspaper that the Amazon founder bought for $250 million in 2013 not only remains profitable but continues to grow with plans to add 44 journalism jobs in 2021, pushing the total newsroom staff…

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#500 staffers take voluntary buyouts at USA Today parent Gannett

#500 staffers take voluntary buyouts at USA Today parent Gannett

“#500 staffers take voluntary buyouts at USA Today parent Gannett” USA Today’s parent company Gannett, the nation’s biggest newspaper chain, reportedly will see 500 employees take voluntary buyouts that were offered to the company’s 21,000 workers in October. Over 40 percent of the buyouts, or some 214 staffers, are from the editorial side, according to…

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#Philadelphia Inquirer shutters printing plant, cuts 528 jobs

#Philadelphia Inquirer shutters printing plant, cuts 528 jobs

“#Philadelphia Inquirer shutters printing plant, cuts 528 jobs” The Philadelphia Inquirer said it will lay off 528 people when it shuts down the printing plant where the paper and the Philadelphia Daily News have been printed since 1992. The grisly headcount, filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor in recent days, is slightly higher than…

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