Next in Line ... Milwaukee

Dare I ask if any upper-management types were included?

 

Garry still has a job.

 

Any word on Todd Rosiak? A good man on the Marquette beat. My thoughts go out to everyone involved.

 

I don't have any inside knowledge whatsoever, so I could be wrong.
But I would be surprised if Todd is among the cuts. I have to figure the core beat guys were saved, and Marquette hoops is a very important beat in that section.

That said, 17 jobs is 17 jobs, and they had to come from somewhere.
I am just sick about all this. Best wishes to all those in Milwaukee, those who were cut and those dealing with survivor's guilt. I know two of the guys there fairly well, and they're both top-notch fellas.

 

Wow. Just, wow...

Makes it sound as if the JS ought to just go all-online right now...

Not that that will solve or reverse advertising difficulties, of course. But, personnel and staffing-wise, this is where the JS appears to be heading, maybe more quickly than it planned.

 

J-S definitely WILL NOT go online only. It has one of the best market-penetration figures in the country. Online only = out of business for most newspapers.

 

http://mkeguild.blogspot.com/2009/08/journal-sentinel-lays-off-35-in.html#links

If my math is right, 72 jobs in the newsroom were lost. The blog also states that the newsroom staff is half of what it was a few years ago, and has lost a third of its staff this year. Unreal.

 

Expense platform... fuck that asshole...

 

Todd remains among the living.

 

I'm about to call Wolski's and put up a round. Friend just texted he's on his way there.

 

Wolski's does not take card numbers over the phone.

 

Wish I had known about this... I'd have headed there tonight.
I just got home (just south of Milwaukee) and have to be up in six hours