Friday, March 25, 2011

Enquirer lays off CinWeekly staff - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Several Twitter messages and e-mails from Enquirert staffers confirmed thatthe publication’s stafrf was laid off Wednesday Calls to CinWeekly’s staff memberss were not answered, and there has been no officiakl announcement about the layoffs. On its Web site, the Enquireer announced that starting with the July15 edition, CinWeeklyg will be rebranded as Metromix. The newspapeer described the publicationas "thde premier printed snapshot of all thingw entertainment that younger adults need to plan their free Metromix would target ages 25-39 with content from Cincinnati.
com and The Enquirer, according to the CinWeekly was founded in 2003 as a free arts and entertainmentt tabloid aimed at adults in their 20s and 30s. It is distribute via newsboxes and other venues throughoutGreater Cincinnati. , (NYSEE GCI) the Enquirer’s parent, that it would lay off 1,40o0 employees in its community publishing An Enquirer memo indicated that about 100 employeees at the paper wouldbe cut. Gannett, over the past has instituted a voluntaryseverance plan, a previoux layoff and quarterly furloughs as ad salesz fell. The company posted first-quarter earnings of $77.4 million, or 34 cents per diluted share, down 60 percent year over McLean, Va.
-based Gannett also owns the Communitty Pressnewspapers locally.

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