Palm Beach Post no longer covering the Miami Heat?

Sounds like the most recent cuts hit the Palm Beach Post yesterday, and it sounds like Chris Perkins is out and the Post might not be covering the Heat anymore.
Saw it in the comments here: http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2009/09/palm_beach_post_layoffs.php#comments
If so, that's really unfortunate. Perkins is a great guy, a solid writer and reporter and will do anything asked of him.
Not covering the Heat is not smart in that market. Then again, the way this business is, "smart" depends on who's defining the word: journalists, readers or the execs.

Can anyone confirm any of this?

 

Palm Beach actually has refused to share content with the S-S.

This could be interesting

 

I'm stunned that a Heat writer would be shown the door before any of the hockey writers.

 

They don't have any hockey writers. Former hockey writer there now covers the Dolphs.

 

Mizzou, what Ogie said. Hockey has been long gone from the Post's core coverage.

 

Quoted for untruth.

 

Back at you.

 

Hope the Post didn't do this so they can use Miami Herald copy on Heat. Today, the Herald "broke" the story saying Wade will opt out next summer.

I read that in the Post two months ago.

 

Perhaps Mr. Tepps can explain what's going on.

 

So is Chris Perkins leaving or staying?

 

I don't know. Apparently they're keeping things really hush-hush as to who's gone in this latest round of cuts, even inside the building.
I do know, however, that the Post, which has shared photos and some stories with the Herald for at least a few years, is definitely sharing content with the Sun-Sentinel, especially photos.
All the sharing and beat cuts (the Post dumped regular coverage of the Panthers last season) in South Florida is more than a little unnerving.