Cuts coming to McClatchy papers

That ship has sailed. Worked in one place where an editor was not in the state.

 

I assume you are being ironic, true?

 

Does that mean there will be layoffs in that company?

 

Don't think so (at least not related to this). Like an airline overbooking, they offered 450, not expecting to get anywhere near that number. CEO's email sounded mighty pleased (maybe they got more than they expected).

 

Yes, of course.

 

I think eventually that community papers will be replaced by regional newspapers. If print revenues and circulation continue to drop five percent or more a year it is only a question of time.

 

I’m at the tail end of my career. And I’m glad.

 

Zero complaints about my salary at The N&O. If they go standalone SE in Raleigh, that position presumably would fall between what Steve and I made. Guessing closer to mine, but still very fair.

If they hire one person to oversee both staffs without assistance, it's going to be a disaster and they should apologize to the writers who didn't leave for other opportunities. One person could do it, they just couldn't do it justice. If they go that route, they've given up, however optimistic the announcement might sound.

Not sure what you mean by a combined section online. It's McClatchy. The sites largely look identical. All of the content already is available online for anybody who wants more of what the other is doing.

Raleigh could add separate "Panthers" and "Hornets" tabs to help make navigation easier, but Raleigh folks don't really care about either team. (Grew up there, spent close to 30 years there; lot of people who move to the Triangle do so from the north and are fans of those NFL teams. They're NFL fans, sure, but they don't adopt the Panthers, who are 3 hours away.) I suppose Charlotte could add "UNC," "NC State" and "Duke" tabs, rather than just a "College" tab, but the ACC stuff still populates the Observer's website.

 

Wasn't he part of the great "cue ring" brouhaha reporting on Funny Cide's 2003 Kentucky Derby victory?

Jockey Takes the Whip to ‘Miami Herald’ – Editor & Publisher

 

Clark likely contributed to some Derby stories, I don't specifically recall, but he was not the reporter who interviewed the jockey.
Wow. That Ma Herald class picture of 2004 - my last year there - gets emptier and emptier by the day.