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Photojournalist Replaced by iPhone Uses iPhone to Document Joblessness
Cord Jefferson · 06/03/13 03:58PMPhotojournalist Rob Hart was among the 28 staffers laid off when the Chicago Sun-Times decided to get rid of its entire photography department last week. To busy himself, Hart has started a Tumblr, "Laid off from the Sun-Times," that offers a glimpse into what life is like as a freshly unemployed photojournalist.
A Sad Shot of Sun-Times Photojournalists Learning They'd Been Laid Off
Cord Jefferson · 05/30/13 05:05PMSun-Times Lays Off Its Photographers on Slow Crawl to iPhonejournalism
Cord Jefferson · 05/30/13 12:05PMCamille Dodero · 05/20/13 12:21PM
'Bloodbath' Day at Village Voice: Musto, Sietsema, Feingold Out
Hamilton Nolan · 05/17/13 10:20AMHamilton Nolan · 05/10/13 03:33PM
Cord Jefferson · 05/09/13 04:59PM
Michael Musto Said to Be Targeted for Layoff at Village Voice
Hamilton Nolan · 05/09/13 02:03PMCamille Dodero · 05/09/13 11:49AM
Hamilton Nolan · 05/08/13 12:31PM
How Not To Hold Layoffs: Company-Wide Email Promises 'Good' News on Friday, Bloodbath Ensues Monday
Camille Dodero · 03/06/13 11:00AMNew bosses often mean change. We here at Gawker would not know this, because all our managers die in their chairs, but we have heard from industry professionals that when there's a transition of a power at a company, the change often augurs new protocols, shifting job descriptions, the ominous possibility of layoffs, and, say, far worse, the loss of telecommuting. The immediate aftermath can be nerve-wracking—especially when the position at stake is CEO.
More Newspaper Layoffs Likely to Follow Journal-Register's Sale
Mallory Ortberg · 02/23/13 04:00PMHamilton Nolan · 02/01/13 04:08PM
Sacked HMV Employees Take Over Company's Official Twitter Account, Live-Tweet Their Termination
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/31/13 11:30AM30 More Buyouts Coming to the New York Times
Hamilton Nolan · 12/03/12 09:26AMThe New York Times, like the rest of the newspaper industry, went through a painful series of buyouts after the 2008 financial collapse exacerbated the already ongoing collapse of the newspaper industry. In 2009, they cut 100 positions. In 2011, they had 20 more buyouts. This morning, they announced they want 30 more.
Even the Good News on College Debt Is Bad
Hamilton Nolan · 10/18/12 10:42AMThe University of Phoenix is shutting down 115 of its bloodsucking fake college locations in the U.S., about half of the total number of centers of flimflammery. This may be seen as part of the larger trend of the decline of so-called "for profit colleges," which is a good thing, in the sense that these schools are best not at education, but at sucking money out of desperate people who can scarcely afford it.
Hamilton Nolan · 08/17/12 04:00PM
50 Layoffs and the Beginning of The End at The Daily
Hamilton Nolan · 07/31/12 03:10PMThe Daily, News Corp's big fancy well-funded "iPad newspaper" project, was never really a good idea from day one. A once-daily, hugely expensive, geographically nonspecific newspaper that is not available on the internet: just not a great business plan. Now, a year and a half after the launch, the reality appears to be crashing down.
The Times-Picayune and the Completely Logical Collapse of the Newspaper Industry
Hamilton Nolan · 05/25/12 08:48AMThis week, the New Orleans Times-Picayune announced that it is cutting its print publication schedule back to three days a week and laying off staff in an effort to remain financially viable. It's a sad step for a storied and respected newspaper. It is also, on an industrywide scale, a completely expected evolution. Let's briefly review the recent past, and the future, of newspapers.