Fargo Forum, Grand Forks Herald Slash Jobs Due to Mismanagement
At least the paper’s good for something.
How many rounds of job cuts for the Herald?
The Grand Forks Herald announced the layoffs of eight full-time employees Thursday.
Publication of Red River Valley Women Today, a magazine produced by the Herald advertising department’s special publications team, also was ended. This meant a loss of four jobs related to the magazine.
The other four employees included two reporters in the newsroom and two workers in the circulation department.
The Herald is owned by Fargo-based Forum Communications Co., which also is making cuts at its 34 other newspapers in four states.
Thursday, the elimination of the equivalent of 25 full-time positions was announced at The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. That newspaper cut 21 full-time positions last month, as well.
I know the newspaper industry is in a time of transition but these cuts upon cuts ought to be teaching these arrogant newspaper editors and publishers a lesson. If they keep insulting roughly half of the public they are going to keep having to cut and cut and cut.
How many people have lost their jobs because of the management of these two newspapers? The real tragedy is that the people most responsible for the cuts are still sitting in their corner offices.
Job cuts are a tactical move. Figuring out how to not despise your customers is a more strategic thing.
Why are the guys at the top immune from the consequences of their actions?
