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The cuts go on

By Julie Starr | Published: May 25, 2008
It seems almost a daily occurrence and perhaps not noteworthy anymore, but here's a round-up of a few job cut announcements made by big news companies in recent days: 1. US journalism union threatens action over Reuters decision to increase its outsourcing of financial reporting to Bangalore, India. 2. Thomson Reuters is cutting 140 journalist jobs, mostly from Europe.
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You heard it here last

By Julie Starr | Published: February 24, 2008
I'm not proud, but it's been taking me an awfully long time to get through my emails and feed aggregator lately so these tidbits have been kicking around a week or so. 1. Four US newspaper chains join forces to create combined ad group selling spots across all the companies' websites. The four, Hearst, NY Times, Tribune and Gannett, said it was the best way for them to compete against Google, AOL and others.
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It’s your newspaper, where will you swing the axe?

By Julie Starr | Published: February 11, 2008
One more from Mr Jarvis. He's set up a small survey asking which sections of a newspaper you would cut if you were the owner.
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