A commenter at Gannett Blog says that three people in the Asheville Citizen-Times‘ advertising services department have been laid off today. Those are the first cuts in an expected 10 percent job cut at the newspaper. The Citizen-Times’ corporate parent, Gannett Co., has ordered the cut as the company has seen its stock price drop, and declines in newspaper circulation and ad sales.
More as I get it.
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From the Gannettblog.blogspot.com
Anonymous said…
This will be my last post for ACT:
Yesterday after talking to several local radio stations, and attempts to send comments to our local TV station, no one would comment on this story. Not to mention the whole censorship aspect of this situation, the blocking of public comments not only at ACT when all of this was first announced, to follow suit after talking with Eddie Fox & Sharon Green local DJ’s at KISS, the Comment Pages and Message Board links were completely removed from their website within minutes after hanging up with them, All the DJ Blogs were on-line yesterday morning at 99.9 KISS COUNTRY. To say this move is unconscionable is an understatement. Let us not forget the First Amendment is a two-way street, protecting free speech for everyone, not just the news media. After watching URTV last night hoping everyone watching would start calling in voicing their outrage at what Gannett is doing here, but I guess it’s just a personal thing. The phone just didn’t ring. My fight is over.
The boycott was never intended to close the newspaper or a personal attack towards anyone at the Asheville Citizen Times. The boycott was towards Gannett. They’re closing a fixture that has been in this city for over 123 years. The boycott was intended to get Gannett to rethink their decision I hoped, and give those laid off their jobs back and keep our local paper as it has been for all those years.
Once again I think that Gannett is putting the final nail in the coffin of the newspaper themselves. I think Gannett has underestimated what it will take to produce this paper on a daily basis in Greenville, especially Sundays and Holidays. In the end, the customer who buys this paper will be the ones to suffer when they go to their paper box or local paper rack to find it empty because the paper is not there, its late. How many late deliveries will customers tolerate before they quit looking for a paper rack or call to cancel their subscription?
What I dread will be having to tell everyone that has become almost like family goodbye, some people we may never see again, but the hardest part will be when we hang that wreath on the door that last day that says “Rest In Peace” we’re going to miss you old friend. 1885-2009
From Gannett Blog:
Layoffs so far in Asheville,
the Online director, a classified manager, 4 classified sales, a graphic designer, a production designer, 1 page layout, plus rumor of an entire satellite office for which we produce a small daily. not sure what will happen to that.
12/02/2008 1:04 PM