Tulsa World lays off 3% of staff

[patric]

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20110301_11_0_TheTul337664

[Hoss]

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20110301_11_0_TheTul337664

"Due to the number of comments that violate our terms and conditions, the Tulsa World has elected to disable comments for this page."

That's not surprising..

[Townsend]

"Due to the number of comments that violate our terms and conditions, the Tulsa World has elected to disable comments for this page."

That's not surprising..

I'm guessing that was done when the story was posted.  I can't imagine they'd welcome comments on a story about their own lay-offs.

[sgrizzle]

"We will continue to provide the high quality journalism that our readers expect."


*COUGH*

[Red Arrow]

"We will continue to provide the high quality journalism that our readers expect."
*COUGH*

Do I detect a hint of skepticism?

[Breadburner]

This whole thread made me chuckle....Except for the intial post of lost jobs.....

[Gaspar]

I forgot they were still in business.  What do the other 97% of the employees do?

[DTowner]

While many on here criticize the T.World - some of it deserved - we are very fortunate in a city our size to still have a locally owned paper of the quality of the T World.  As bad as some of you think the T World is, it would be much worse if we were stuck with a Gannett owned paper or the OKC paper.  It's a tough and changing industry with even the biggest and "best" players (NY Times, etc.) suffering and struggling to find a business model that works with current economic forces and realities.  Perhaps I'm old fashioned (and I picked up this habit from my parents), but my day always starts with the morning paper.  During the blizzard when the T World only published on-line editions for several days, I found it deeply unsatisfying to read the paper exclusively on my computer.

Sadly, cutting staff only further diminishes the quality and the amount of original reporting, which will likely further erode readership/profitability and continue the cycle of further staff reductions, lower quality, etc.  

[Breadburner]

My day starts with taking a big Okc......

[Red Arrow]

During the blizzard when the T World only published on-line editions for several days, I found it deeply unsatisfying to read the paper exclusively on my computer.

+1

[sgrizzle]

I forgot they were still in business.  What do the other 97% of the employees do?

Write stories about Dewey and whatever the Camille's guy is doing.

[patric]

Sadly, cutting staff only further diminishes the quality and the amount of original reporting, which will likely further erode readership/profitability and continue the cycle of further staff reductions, lower quality, etc.

Politics aside, the World does a better job of covering issues like open records and corruption that broadcasters just gloss over.

[Townsend]

Politics aside, the World does a better job of covering issues like open records and corruption that broadcasters just gloss over.

If local TV stations tried to cover those issues most folks in the area would just switch over to Family Feud/Wheel of Fortune.

[Red Arrow]

If local TV stations tried to cover those issues most folks in the area would just switch over to Family Feud/Wheel of Fortune.

Wheel of Fortune is on after the local news is done.

[Townsend]

Wheel of Fortune is on after the local news is done.

DVR