the displaced texan

Ugh. The plight of the newspaper business continues. Here are the latest headlines:
Seattle P-I Goes Digital

In an earlier post, I described a world where a newspaper only prints one paper a week, well the Seattle P-I trumps that and goes soely online.  “The P-I has built a lively online edition that claims 1.8 million unique visitors monthly, and is now redesigning as the P-I’s only edition. A much smaller staff of reporters will write, edit, photograph, videograph, record and post, with an emphasis on local news.” – PC World, Peggy Watt.  (Full Story)

A little closer to home: Commercial Appeal Layoff Announcement Postponed

From the Memphis Flyer: It was originally announced that 18 of the employees being laid off would come from the newspaper’s editorial department. That has changed with the voluntary retirement of business reporter David Flaum, and the resignations of business reporter Cassandra Kimberly and Alex Doniach, who covers Shelby County government.  The employees being laid off were originally supposed to be notified on Monday, March 2. But recent, not entirely clear events, have resulted in the notification date being been pushed back to March 27.  (Full Story)

Star Tribune Staff Facing Layoffs

The Star Tribune says its pressmen have ratified a contract that includes layoffs and pay cuts in an effort to keep the newspaper afloat. (Full Story)

Clay Shirky has a great Tweet and post regarding all this horrible news: “Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism.”