I think it’s safe to say Los Angeles Times’ recruiters won’t be showing up at too many journalism job fairs this year.
The paper, like many of America’s newspapers, is not only NOT looking for new folks, they seem to be getting rid of folks who are focused more on news quality than profit margins.
The LA Times FIRED its publisher because he refused to agree to additional staff cutbacks ordered by the paper’s parent organization, the Tribune Company.
I’m just curious what newspapers are going to look like in 5 years. Or 10 years. Will papers like the LA Times and Washington Post have 10 reporters and two photographers covering everything? As it stands now, fewer and fewer companies own America’s newspapers. The Tribune Company, Media News Group, Gannett, McClatchy and Hearst are some of the major players, but competition seems to be dwindling at a rapid rate.
At what point do newspaper owners call it quits? Or go completely online? Or merge into one or two mass media conglomerates? THIS story has been out for a while, but it’s one take on the future of the fourth estate. Check it.
