Friday, November 14, 2008

News & Observer contracts with delivery service, cuts 17 full-time jobs, 58 part-time jobs

McClatchy sheds more employees:
The News & Observer of Raleigh has contracted with a transport service to deliver its newspapers, a move that will eliminate 17 full-time and 58 part-time jobs when it takes effect in January.

The newspaper reported Friday that Penske Logistics will purchase 47 of the 61 trucks in the newspaper’s transportation fleet and lease the other trucks. Publisher Orage Quarles III said in a letter to staff that Penske Logistics is expected to hire many of the people losing their jobs. He said workers not hired by the company will be offered severance pay and health care continuation.

The move allows the newspaper to focus more on its core business, “producing relevant and compelling news and advertising information in our newspaper and on our Web sites,” Quarles said Friday in the memo to the staff.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Exactly what CORE are they talking about? India, VP's, Manager's?

Anonymous said...

I think the Star Telegram pretty much let the cat out of the bag. Their core business is the Editorial Board. They sell editorial opinion for 10 times the regular advertising rate.

Anonymous said...

You may have seen the American Thinker article today by Jack Cahill, "Newspapers censor their way to oblivion." [http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/11/newspapers_censors_their_way_t.html]

He recounts the sick one-sidedness of the once-oredible Kansas City Star during the recent elections.

When I was in J-School in Lawrence, Kan., an internship at the Star was what everyone wanted, but few attained. It would be interesting to see if the steady stream over the years of leftist brainwashed and diversity-coached KU journalism grads has anything to do with the demise of this newspaper.

It is fascinating but frightening to watch what is happening all around us. Without a fair and at least somewhat honest Fourth Estate, this country cannot survive.

Anonymous said...

Great article! Thanks for the link.

Anonymous said...

The Star is about part time and they don't want anybody else. They let you go one day and the next week you have been replaced with a part time employee.

Anonymous said...

The Star is about part time and they don't want anybody else. They let you go one day and the next week you have been replaced with a part time employee.

Anonymous said...

The KC Star is also about part time people. Full time out the door, part timers in and the rest to India. What's even worse is that they make the full time people before going out the door train the people in India. At this point maybe they should call it The India Star printed in Kansas City.