Star-Ledger Announces Round of Layoffs Wednesday
State's largest paper cites economic woes.
The publisher of The Star-Ledger announced Wednesday the paper would be laying off 34 employees, a first for a publication famous in the industry for refraining from layoffs, NJ.com reported. The layoffs include 18 staff in a newsroom of 195, the paper’s publisher, Richard Vezza, also said. The paper’s headquarters are located at Court and Washington streets in Newark. The Star-Ledger is New Jersey’s largest newspaper by circulation. In an industry battered by competition and falling ad revenues during the last several years, the Ledger was unique in refraining from staff layoffs. Previously, the paper--which once had a job-security pledge in place for non-union staff--has relied on buyouts and attrition to reduce staff. Advance …
A. Newarker
11:47 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Use to be the paper was printed in Newark so the last 50,000 issues always contained the latest news as of at least 5 PM.. Now it is printed in plants along the interstates and when it reaches Newark at 6 AM the news in it is as of 2 AM! No breaking stories. Also the paper used it have targeted local advertisements and stories. In Essex county it had two editions - East and West - about your town… more ›