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DFM latest to drop the axe

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Readallover, Apr 2, 2020.

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  1. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    The idiots misrunning media outlets along the Front Range are at it again.

    Fort Collins has a yoke on it to start with - Gannett. Loveland used to be presented at a level a couple of circulation levels higher than it was.

    Loveland, Longmont and Boulder deserve better. Then again, the whole state of Colorado and the biz as a whole, too ...
     
    Sam Mills 51, Apr 10, 2020
    #25
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  2. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Denver Post -- with what's left of it -- also slapped with three-week furloughs.

    As a former co-worker told me today: "Worse than Uncle Dean."
     
    MileHigh, Apr 10, 2020
    #26
  3. Matt Stephens

    Matt Stephens Well-Known Member

    Post is having furloughs for all newsroom staff -- guild and management.
     
    Matt Stephens, Apr 10, 2020
    #27
  4. Readallover

    Readallover Active Member

    Lean Dean created the template that New Gannett and DFM adopted and tweaked, leading us to the cliff's edge.
     
    Readallover, Apr 11, 2020
    #28
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  5. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    No doubt about it. This is Lean Dean on steroids.
     
    MileHigh, Apr 11, 2020
    #29
  6. LanceyHoward

    LanceyHoward Well-Known Member

    I read the tweets above. A woman from the Loveland paper said that one of the reporters was permanently let go and the other two reporters would be furloughed. Does that mean that the Loveland paper, which serves a city of 78,000, only has two reporters left?

    Though Canon City, which is the county seat of Fremont County (population 48,000) is going to one reporter, according to another tweet.
     
    LanceyHoward, Apr 11, 2020
    #30
  7. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Not that the website it up to date, but it would leave Loveland with three reporters.

    I know of at least one sports layoff in Boulder. Don't know if there were more.
     
    MileHigh, Apr 11, 2020
    #31
  8. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

     
    HanSenSE, Apr 25, 2020
    #32
  9. Fredrick

    Fredrick Well-Known Member

    Can't blame upper management for not taking cuts They are the geniuses who have had this business thriving because of their awesome, pay websites. Oh wait ....
     
    Fredrick, Apr 25, 2020
    #33
  10. Bob Smith

    Bob Smith Member

    I don't doubt HanSenSE's newsbolt and it's probably true ... but John Devine is still tweeting up a storm, like normal.
     
    Bob Smith, Apr 27, 2020
    #34
  11. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

     
    HanSenSE, Apr 28, 2020
    #35
  12. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    Three cut from the Southern California News Group (OCR, LADN, Riverside, etc.) on Friday. One was a veteran whose title was Digital Director for Sports and NFL editor. Jim McCurdie revealed this himself on Facebook.

    Allegedly, Sports absorbed the only layoffs of the newsroom staff, and those come after the entire Sports department had been furloughed for two weeks in April, two in May and two in June. The others laid off were ?????? from the copy desk and ???????, a promising young writer who was covering UCLA. Neither has revealed their status so their names won't appear here.
     
    ChrisLong, Jun 23, 2020
    #36
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