tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post2503477530971115634..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: Macon Telegraph cuts 58 positions -- 30 percent of its workforceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-55287597191379933232009-02-06T05:08:00.000-08:002009-02-06T05:08:00.000-08:00If you turn plastic into metal, metal into paper o...If you turn plastic into metal, metal into paper or you take parts of paper to make whole papers, you work in production. The former composing room, the current press and the current mailroom. Those are the positions that are gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-24523741349571631442009-02-05T19:58:00.000-08:002009-02-05T19:58:00.000-08:004:54 Different for different papers. Some papers ...4:54 Different for different papers. Some papers pre-press is part of the advertising dept. not production.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-17312950516946017252009-02-05T16:54:00.000-08:002009-02-05T16:54:00.000-08:00What do they consider to be the "production dept" ...What do they consider to be the "production dept" - is that pre-press, pressmen, graphic artists or what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-43412246603327079072009-02-05T15:09:00.000-08:002009-02-05T15:09:00.000-08:00These are jobs that will never return even if the ...These are jobs that will never return even if the economy revives, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-47519308276342891922009-02-05T14:46:00.000-08:002009-02-05T14:46:00.000-08:00True, the Sun News announced 58 positions would be...True, the Sun News announced <A HREF="http://www.newsandtech.com/dateline/02-04-09_date.htm" REL="nofollow">58 positions would be cut</A> due to moving printing operations. Odd that both papers would cut 58 positions.Kevin Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04694898785243338105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-68880589809287038682009-02-05T14:38:00.000-08:002009-02-05T14:38:00.000-08:00Wasn't 58 positions the same number The Sun News i...Wasn't 58 positions the same number The Sun News in Myrtle Beach announced would be affected yesterday in outsourcing its printing dept?<BR/><BR/>Related question to anyone that may know more, are Myrtle Beach layoffs limited to the positions announced yesterday or are they talking other positions in other departments at the newspaper as well on top of that.<BR/><BR/>What a disgrace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com