Following this morning’s round of layoffs at The Plain Dealer (scratch that – at the homes of Plain Dealer employees, via phone), more of the same is taking place at the Sun News office in Valley View.
As sources in the newsroom explain today, reporters, editors, photographers et. al. are meeting one-on-one with the company’s human resources representative to learn their fate.
Some have been “separated from employment” already, as parent company Advance Publications’ parlance goes. Others are being moved to roles within the newly formed Northeast Ohio Media Group. Those with a future at the company were reportedly told to gather at the Cleveland.com office, located on the west bank of The Flats downtown.
This article appears in Jul 24-30, 2013.
Sorry to read this, but can’t get too excised over it as Sun News hasn’t covered the Garfield, Maple, or VV area for a couple of years now…
Sun News has been on a downward spiral for a number of years, but it seems as if ownership cared more about retaining advertising than actual news coverage — alleged reporting wrapped around the main event…advertisements. And a good chunk of the online content has the look of filler for a high school newspaper. By calling the company a train wreck is being way too kind.