According to a July 21st article posted in the business section of the Chicago Tribune's website, twenty employees, including writers, editors, and support staff, have been fired.
In fact, today is their last day at the Tribune Company. Talk about short notice!
The massive lay offs come on the heels of the Tribune's bizarre decision to print newspapers for their competitor, the Chicago Sun-Times.
I guess if you gotta pay the bills - you gotta pay the bills.
The Tribune filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2008.
Bottom line newspapers are not failing because they are obsolete yet they are failing because not many people trust the papers because of their liberal bias.
ReplyDeleteFor example when the Tribune fired back at readers with their report they will not post the race of black people when a criminal or criminals are on the loose. I think everyone is tired of when they actually report about black murder they talk about him or her like they are the victims.
I am tired of reporters reporting how the black thugs were trying to turn their life around making a human piece out of a murder story
Nice way to treat one's own employees. Shows you the actual character of the higher-ups at that outfit.
ReplyDeleteCompanies EXPECT their employees to be loyal but the companies aren't loyal. All about the almighty $$ in the CEO's pockets. Newspapers will go the route of the bookstores any way. Who needs them when we have blogs like CNR who tell it like it really is rather than all the fluff and PC crap?! Any one of us can get all the "news" we want online anyway.
ReplyDeleteShut up with the "liberal bias" of the news. It is inherent. See below.
ReplyDeleteConservative = traditional = status quo.
Liberal = progressive = on to the next new thing.
"Is the Tribune Company sinking like the Titanic?"
ReplyDeleteI have intentionally avoided all tribune news outlets for well over a year now. Unless someone links me to a specific article, I don't go to their sites. Especially ChicagoBreakingNews. They ruined that site, and it seemed to be intentional...