A few hours after lower circulation figures of major U.S. newspapers were released Monday, the Los Angeles Times announced it is laying off 75 additional newsroom staffers, observes Grumpy Editor.
It’s the latest example of a newsroom getting whacked when circulation declines.
For the L.A. Times, daily circulation fell 5.2 percent to 739,147 for the six months ended in September, compared with the same period a year prior, in a tally by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
The economic slowdown was blamed for the latest round of cutbacks at the L.A. Times, owned by Chicago-based Tribune Co. The action follows a summer reduction of 250 overall staff, including 150 in the newsroom.
All 25 top U.S. dailies saw declines from a year ago.
Hardest hit were the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, dropping 13.62 percent; Houston Chronicle, down 11.66 percent; Philadelphia Inquirer, declining 11.06 percent; Newark Star-Ledger, 10.4 percent lower, and Boston Globe, ebbing 10.18 percent.
Smallest dips were from USA Today, largest daily newspaper, and The Wall Street Journal, the No. 2 daily. Both were off 0.01 percent.
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