Denver Newspaper Agency to lay off 200

[SEeditor]

From the Associated Press ..

The Denver Newspaper Agency says it plans to lay off about 200 people representing 17 percent of its payroll dollars
in the next several weeks, now that the Rocky Mountain News has closed. The agency handled business operations for the News and The Denver Post under a joint operating agreement, but the News stopped publishing last month. The first 40 employees to be laid off were told Friday, agency spokesman Jim Nolan said. The agency will have about 850 full-time
employees once all layoffs are done, he said. The latest cuts are across all departments, including non-union
and union employees. The cuts don't affect The Post newsroom, which lost six managers to layoffs.

 

[forever_town]

Lean Dean strikes again. :

 

[buckweaver]

And, so it begins.

fork.

 

[OTD]

This can't be a surprise though, can it? Theoretically, they've got half the work to do now.

Not that it doesn't suck. It just figures.

 

[slappy4428]

And be sure to spread them out so he can skirt the WARN act... forker...

 

[MileHigh]

This story originally was reported here.

http://www.indenvertimes.com/2009/03/20/denver-newspaper-agency-to-lay-off-200/

And this is no surprise. MediaNews sought $18 million in cuts from the DNA. Later revised to $30 million-plus. And hasn't gotten it.

It got the $2 million in cuts it sought from the Denver Post newsroom and this does NOT affect the Post newsroom.

 

[HorseWhipped]

So what's the take here?
Suck up 20 or 30 or 50 of that Rocky talent, then lay 200 off?

I don't know the details. I'm just wondering.
But I'm guessing it's more corporate bullshirt.

 

[Joe Williams]

So what's the take here?
Suck up 20 or 30 or 50 of that Rocky talent, then lay 200 off?

I don't know the details. I'm just wondering.
But I'm guessing it's more corporate bullshirt.

20 or 30 or 50? I thought it was more like 10.

Shedding bodies 20-to-1 is a surefire way to boost the bottom line. Short term.

 

[MileHigh]

Again, this does not affect the Post newsroom. It affects the Denver Newspaper Agency, the business arm of what was the JOA between the Post and Rocky Mountain News.

The Post newsroom actually grew by five with the recent end of the Rocky. Six managers were laid off in the Post just before the Rocky went away. After the Rocky went away, the Post pick up 11 (out of about 215 in the newsroom).

After these cuts, the DNA will be at about 850 people.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

So what's the take here?
Suck up 20 or 30 or 50 of that Rocky talent, then lay 200 off?

I don't know the details. I'm just wondering.
But I'm guessing it's more corporate bullshirt.

Funny. The people I know in Colorado get a call from Dean Singleton bragging about the people he picked up when the Rocky closed its doors, yet didn't bother to tell us about the massive number of people he's kicking out.

Strange how that works.

 

[slappy4428]

So what's the take here?
Suck up 20 or 30 or 50 of that Rocky talent, then lay 200 off?

I don't know the details. I'm just wondering.
But I'm guessing it's more corporate bullshirt.

Funny. The people I know in Colorado get a call from Dean Singleton bragging about the people he picked up when the Rocky closed its doors, yet didn't bother to tell us about the massive number of people he's kicking out.

Strange how that works.

And yet, oh so Lean Dean

 

[Mizzougrad96]

If layoffs ever get to the newsroom, and I pray they do not, it will be done 100 percent on seniority because of the union.