More Dallas Morning News Layoffs
By Byron LaMasters
According to several emails today there was apparently another round of layoffs at the Dallas Morning News today. Of note is the fact that the pictures and contact information of three of the more progressive members of the editorial board - Jim Frisinger, John Chamless, and Tim O'Leary are missing from the Editorial Board Blog as of this morning. I don't have confirmation that they've been laid off, but the evidence I've seen suggests that this is the case.
Update: Here's what Rob Dreher, probably the most conservative member of a very conservative editorial board had to say this morning on the DMN blog:
Today's a bad day
As many people outside this building know, there are layoffs coming down today, all over the paper. Our little editorial board band has been hit hard. We'll tell you more when we can.
posted by Rod Dreher @ Oct 27, 9:48 AM
And more:
You can see by looking at the photo roster which of our colleagues are no longer with us. My sense is that we're simply not going to discuss any of this on this blog, not because anybody has told us to clam up, but because we want to respect the privacy of our friends. We hope you faithful readers and correspondents will understand. And we thank you for the expressions of concern and loyalty you have e-mailed to us since yesterday morning.
posted by Rod Dreher @ Oct 28, 10:40 AM
And more:
re: a bad day
As Rod said, yesterday was a very tough day here. We lost not only colleagues, but friends. A number of people have sent emails expressing their sense of appreciation for those who lost their jobs, and we greatly value those responses. We will make sure the departed know of your kind notes. To pay tribute to their sense of mission, we blog on!
posted by Bill McKenzie @ Oct 28, 11:14 AM
Sorry to hear it...
Another Update: More at Super Awesome Good Analysis and The Frontburner.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at October 28, 2004 02:03 PM
| TrackBack
