The (Baltimore) Sun will cut about 100 jobs, including 55-60 in the newsroom, through buyouts, layoffs and the closing of open positions, says an Associated Press (AP) report. The latest in a series of cuts to the venerable newspaper were announced Wednesday in a memo from publisher Tim Ryan to the newspaper staff. "These actions are necessary for us to remain competitive and win in the future...
The Boston Herald announced plans on Tuesday to lay off 130-160 workers under a plan to outsource printing operations following a drop in circulation, says a Reuters report. Press workers, mailers, engravers and paper handlers would be affected by the cuts, the Herald said in a story on the cuts posted on its website, www.bostonherald.com. According to Reuters: A Chicopee, Massachusetts, plant...
Times Online has rolled out an elaborate digital newspaper archive stretching back more than 200 years. The archive includes more than 20 million articles from every edition of the Times except for a small number of damaged issues from 1785 to 1985, says a Guardian report. It includes the Thunderer's coverage of events such as the Battle of Waterloo, the first convicts arriving at Botany Bay and...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Armenia's repeated denials of a broadcasting licence to the independent A1+ television station violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. According to the verdict, the Armenian government must pay the station 20,000 euros (US$31,000) in damages. Famous for its criticism of Armenian authorities, A1+ was forced off the air in...
Leading Taiwan daily China Times plans to lay off nearly half of its 1,200 staff due to financial problems, union and newspaper officials said Wednesday, according to a Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) report. "In the face of a widening deficit and streamlining of the newspaper, a largescale redundancy in terms of people and facilities is inevitable," publisher Chou Sheng-yuan said in an internal...
The International Herald Tribune announced Tuesday a plan to expand its reach in a fast-growing market in a partnership with Deccan Chronicle Holdings, the publisher of a new business newspaper in India. The IHT, published by the New York Times Co, will create a branded business section in Deccan's Financial Chronicle. The section will be a version of the Business Asia with Reuters section, which...
Global entertainment and media revenue is forecast rising by an average of 6.6 percent a year to $2.2 trillion by 2012, boosted by advertising-supported digital and mobile media and an explosion in the adoption of broadband. According to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) annual forecast released on Wednesday, advertising tied to the burgeoning interest in watching videos on the Internet and on...
A Moscow-based English language newspaper which poked fun at Russia and the West has closed after its backers stopped funding it, its editor said on Monday, according to Reuters. Officials from a Russian government agency responsible for the media visited the offices of the Exile on June 5 and took away copies for analysis, scaring investors who have withdrawn their support, editor Mark Ames told...
The McClatchy Company, the third-largest US newspaper publisher, announced plans Monday to cut its workforce by about 10 percent due to a "difficult advertising market" and other challenges, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). The move will mean about 1,400 job cuts including "both voluntary and involuntary separations" and attrition, according to the group based in Sacramento, California....
At a time when newspapers across the United States are trimming sections and hundreds of pages, the Dallas Morning News is taking a 180-degree turn by rolling out a new print product, says an Editor & Publisher report. The new offering, titled Briefing, is a free, 16-page broadsheet that will be home delivered to non-subscribers of the Morning News every Wednesday through Saturday. It launches...
