Daily News cuts staff 50% - proving hating Trump only gets you so far, even in NY.

I suppose they ceased to be a real newspaper years ago. And because of legacy costs owner Mort Zuckerman can't even sell the paper. The strategy switch seems to be from hating Trump to "re-focusing much of our talent on breaking news – especially in areas of crime, civil justice and public responsibility..." We'll see.

The New York Daily News entered into its latest round of bloody layoffs Monday morning, with an email sent to staff announcing roughly half the newsroom would be cut, including crusading editor-in-chief Jim Rich. An email sent to employees, obtained by Mediaite, announced the steep cuts.... “We are reducing today the size of the editorial team by approximately 50 percent and re-focusing much of our talent on breaking news – especially in areas of crime, civil justice and public responsibility,” the email read. The email announced that EIC Jim Rich and and Managing Editor Kristen Lee would be leaving as a result of the cuts, with Robert York — former published and editor of Pennsylvania’s Morning Call newspaper — joining as the new editor-in-chief. Employees ousted by the cuts will receive pay for 90 days, the email said.

 

 

 

 

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[maria]

A once great paper reduced to tabloid-fodder.