Tagged: layoffs
Star publisher: reporters weren’t forced to make decision on jobs
Kansas City Star publisher Mi-Ai Parrish issued a memo to staff today strongly denying reports a pair of staffers were forced to choose which would keep her job.
The memo was obtained by Bottomline Communications. Read the full memo there. Continue reading
Parrish: 17 jobs cut in latest Star layoffs
Kansas City Star publisher Mi-Ai Parrish told NBC News 17 jobs were lost in this week’s layoffs, though its unclear how many newsroom jobs were among them.
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KC Star reporters told to decide who stays, who goes
A pair of Kansas City Star reporters were reportedly told to figure out which one of them will stay and which will go, in the wake of layoffs announced earlier this week, Hearne Christopher wrote yesterday.
Veteran reporters Karen Dillon and Dawn Bormann have been identified as the two reporters with an impossible choice. Continue reading
More layoffs at KC Star
Kansas City Star publisher Mi-Ai Parrish announced in a memo to staffers today another round of layoffs, the third since she took the helm in the summer of 2011. Just how many people are losing their jobs, and who those people are, is unknown at the moment.
The Star was hit by layoffs in February and September, and the paper announced plans to institute more furlough days in July. Continue reading
KC Star announces more layoffs
The Kansas City Star is laying off 12 full- and part-time positions, the paper reported today. It’s the second round of layoffs in less than a year.
Publisher Mi-Ai Parrish said the job eliminations were a difficult step that comes as the newspaper continues to “restructure and strategically reinvent” its operations.
The paper will also eliminate several open positions. The Star’s story didn’t specify if any newsroom positions were affected.
KC Confidential reports an IT specialist, three accounting staffers, a telephone operator and two production specialists were among those let go, a week after a McClatchy executive visited The Star. Today is the 132nd anniversary of the paper’s first edition.
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‘Fit to Print,’ film on newspaper crisis, seeks funding
The filmmakers of “Fit to Print,” a documentary on the crisis facing newspapers and reporters, is closing in on its $10,000 goal for post-
production and securing rights to stock footage and images.
The filmmakers are using Passerby, a Kickstarter cousin, to raise money. Continue reading
Report: Star to cut seven jobs
BottomLine Communications reports Star publisher Mi-Ai Parrish informed the staff today that seven positions will be cut, in addition to one-week furloughs for most employees. She said the company had a decent fourth quarter, but the recovery the Star’s parent company, McClatchy, hoped for wasn’t apparent yet. McClatchy’s earnings fell 5 percent last quarter. Continue reading
Cuts at LJWorld, weeklies
A sad day in Lawrence, as 10 jobs in news and advertising at the Lawrence Journal-World and its weeklies were cut.
The contraction of the work force is a direct result of the economic conditions affecting the company, (Ralph Gage, director of special projects) said. He added that the company will continue to evaluate its needs and opportunities in the markets it serves.
