Sifting Through the Metro Body Count
Last Friday’s Metro layoffs may have surprised some staffers, but they also seemed inevitable after cuts made at sister New York and Boston papers last week. The Philadelphia version of the daily ended up losing veteran copy editor Jody McClain and quick-witted writer Mike Benner, who covered politics and elections.
The cuts may not seem significant, but when you have an editorial staff of 11, every body lost is big blow. G.W. Miller, who did a nice job showcasing the Metro’s progress last week, penned a follow-up eulogy:
One Metro staffer now describes the Metro office as a gulag. Another staffer emailed a simple summation of the Metro’s situation: “Fucking corporation.”
Miller hints that some of the cuts at the three papers may signal the desire of Metro’s European corporate overlords to sell them. The rumored group of Philadelphia investors swooping in to buy out the paper has yet to surface.
Paper Cuts [PW]
January 30th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
UPON YOUR EMAIL TO ME DO YOU REALLY FEEL THE “F’ WORD WAS NECESSARY??? THAT IS A DOWNGRADE UPON ALL RESPECT TO OTHERS. MRS. EDNA KOZUL
January 30th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
USING THE “F” WORD OUT RIGHT IS OF NOT NECESSARY!!!