Less circulation means ↑ wood to build coffins

The bodies are piling up. The plague has hit newsrooms everywhere.

No worries. Circulation & the number of inserts is down so we have extra wood for coffins.

Since my time at a small paper in New England, I have seen the departure of a handful of colleagues that in some cases I barely knew. The smell of layoffs is everywhere.

All of us are running stories that are saying, 'Bailout this' and 'bailout that.' We are the band on the Titanic.

Do you know what we have in common w/ the automakers in Detroit? We both created a bad model.

What is the difference? If we lobbied congress and got something out of it, it could be viewed as an industry wide Staples Center debacle. How could we be viewed as impartial?

The only reason we are still around is because Google hasn't written an algorithm to cancel us out. Don't wait for someone to give you the answer or give you some special training. Take matters into your own hands as part of your New Years resolution. Start training yourself. Your job Your livelihood depends on it.

For your entertainment:
God Rest Ye Weary Journalists (Tidings of new media journalism)



And because every article should have them....

Related links:
Newspaper Death Watch
TypePad for Journalists (Formerly the TypePad Journalist Bailout Program)
Tribune Company Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
Roll call III: Say goodbye to more of your friends
My letter to a veteran journalist friend who was laid off

NPR plans to cut 7% of workforce

NPR made the announcement earlier this week.

A memo was sent to NPR employees from NPR Interim President and CEO Dennis Haarsager explaining extent and circumstances surrounding the cuts.

From the memo:
"These cuts include the elimination of 64 filled and 21 unfilled positions, many of which are associated with the two cancelled programs."

Read the full memo Haarsager to NPR staff.

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On a side note, I wonder how the economy is going to effect PBS.