The Tucson Citizen has finally written a fairly good story about the layoffs there.
The CliffsNotes from Mark B. Evans’ piece: “Fewer than 12” Tucson employes will get laid off. Two Citizen staffers are gone, while one took a buyout. The rest of the layoffs–“single digits” will come from Tucson Newspapers (the merged business operation of the Arizona Daily Star and the Citizen), and Tucson Newspapers prez Mike Jameson said not all of the layoff-ees will be told until Monday.
All, in all, considering some of the slash-and-burns going on across the country, the Tucson Newspapers layoffs were rather light. That’s something to be thankful for this holiday season–though it’s no consolation to the “Fewer than 12” employees who are now ex-employees.
This article appears in Dec 4-10, 2008.
Red Star hopes (and isn’t all that worried) that The Tucson Weekly will be able to stay true to its model and remain alternative, weekly, and free of charge. And “biased.” And more than fairly good…
And “biased”
And more than fairly good…
But the sex ads gotta go…
Why you hatin’ on the sex ads? While I have nada to do with advertising, I am personally a big supporter of the sex ads. Why? Back when the alt-press got its start decades ago, “more reputable” businesses shunned alternative newsweeklies, meaning sex ads paid for a lot of amazing journalism. (And, frankly, they still are.)
Nothing wrong with sex ads. The sexier, the better.
I don’t know any 10-year-olds who read the Tucson Weekly.
So, you’ve reported on 2 of the 3 Citizen staffers who are gone, who is the third?
Sources are saying the third is Sandra Valdez Gerdes from Body Plus.