"Changes in the industry have forced some newspapers to fade or even close," said Clark Gilbert, Deseret News CEO and president. "At the Deseret News, we choose to lead and innovate."I guess leading and innovating means firing nearly 50% of the staff. I hope all newspapers don't take the Deseret News route into the next generation.
Such a bummer, even if I didn't care much for the D-News anyway. I know a lot of people from my time at the Chrony went on to work there, and the movie critic, Jeff Vice, has always been a solid guy and a great supporter of things in this community, like local comics and the Salt Lake City Film Festival. Sad to see some of them are getting the axe and I wish them all the best.
Deseret News -- SALT LAKE CITY — The Deseret News announced today work force reductions and unveiled a plan to refocus the quality and reach of its product.
"Changes in the industry have forced some newspapers to fade or even close," said Clark Gilbert, Deseret News CEO and president. "At the Deseret News, we choose to lead and innovate."
Part of that leadership, he added, is the willingness to make hard choices.
"Today we have announced the reduction in our print work force by 57 full-time and 28 part-time employees, which reflects just over 43 percent of our work force," Gilbert said.
Gilbert called the decision to reduce staff "enormously difficult."
"We honor all the outstanding contributions that have added to the great heritage of the Deseret News," he said. "This makes these decisions even more difficult."
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