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Another Step Back for Area Arts Coverage?


by Jerome Weeks 23 Jun 2008 9:53 AM

The McClatchy Company, the newspaper chain that owns the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, announced hefty layoffs last week — 1,400 jobs nationwide — which led to 130 jobs getting cut at the Star-Telegram, about 10 percent of the workforce. What I’ve yet to see anywhere, even a week later, is whether these job losses will directly […]

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The McClatchy Company, the newspaper chain that owns the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, announced hefty layoffs last week — 1,400 jobs nationwide — which led to 130 jobs getting cut at the Star-Telegram, about 10 percent of the workforce.

What I’ve yet to see anywhere, even a week later, is whether these job losses will directly affect the Star-Telegram‘s cultural reporting. Back in April, the Star-Telegram had already endured the loss of 15 people, none from the arts.

But this time, management said, cuts would come from every department.

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