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Sunday, August 5, 2012

50 Layoffs and the Beginning of The End at The Daily

The Daily, News Corp's big fancy well-funded "iPad newspaper" project, was never really a good idea from day one. A once-daily, hugely expensive, geographically nonspecific newspaper that is not available on the internet: just not a great business plan. Now, a year and a half after the launch, the reality appears to be crashing down.

http://gawker.com/5930598/50-layoffs-and-the-beginning-of-the-end-at-the-daily
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  • ▼  2012 (40)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (5)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ▼  August (11)
      • Are We Ready For the End of the Newspaper?
      • Weekly Herald succumbs to industry trends
      • Commercial Appeal Cuts at Least 17 Employees
      • Newspapers And The Postal Service, Both Struggling...
      • Newspaper Executives: ‘We’re Still Relevant’
      • Newspapers say US Postal Service plan to offer dis...
      • Times-Picayune Vets Reinvent Themselves After Layoffs
      • Buildings' fate tells the tale of newspaper indust...
      • Will Higher Ed Fall Into Same Fate as Newspaper In...
      • Analysis: The Daily Cuts a Third of Its Staff
      • 50 Layoffs and the Beginning of The End at The Daily
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