New York Daily News

It's already starting at other papers. I'm hearing about 7 laid off in Fort Lauderdale (three from the S-S), including one sports reporter.

 

Perhaps it's as simple as they liked the Mets writer better; then they reshuffle the deck when the dust settles. I imagine they'd cover the Mets/Yankees/New York Giants?

 

I'd think they're done going on the road with all the teams, especially with a staff of FIVE

 

Five? I thought I read 9 (still, obviously, way too few people).

 

The nine includes non-writers (sports editor? Web person?)

 

Are they still designing in-house?

No more roadies, per a Moddy post uptopic. You'd think they might hit the road for the postseason, which isn't happening for the Mets, obviously, but ...

 

Then at the end of the 30 days THEY get laid off?

 

Newspapers are now using the same strategy I used with women when I was 19?

This won't go well.

 

What a great article. That author went after the suits awesomely.

 

I wonder what is going to happen when the Tronc higher ups and higher ups from all the other hedge fund type groups finally bleed every last cent from the newspapers. Maybe the Athletic is counting on being the last sports page standing. It actually could someday rule the sports world if all newspapers and newspaper websites simply fold. I mean I know we're going all online no hard copy sooner rather than later, but these all-online productions are going to be very small potato operations. I wonder if all the companies will follow Tronc's lead and use this is period of time as momentum to hack half their staffs. The timing is right.

 

Shocked to discover tronc gutted the Daily News with absolutely no idea how to move forward.

Tronc Exec Tells Daily News Staff to Their Faces: We Have No Strategy

Fucking clown show.