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business1 day ago•4 min saved

Sacramento Bee sports beat erased in McClatchy layoff wave

McClatchy’s nationwide layoffs, estimated at about 90–100 positions, wiped out the Sacramento Bee’s sports department, with the last three sports journalists (Kings beat reporter, 49ers beat reporter, and a high school sports writer) laid off. The move reduces local coverage in Sacramento and reflects a broader trend of hedge-fund–owned media cutting newsroom staff to boost profits, raising concerns about accountability and community sports coverage.

via Awful Announcing|

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business2 days ago•25 min saved

California Newsrooms Hit by McClatchy Layoffs Across Multiple Papers

McClatchy announced a broad restructuring that cut staff at more than a dozen newspapers, with California papers such as the Sacramento Bee, Modesto Bee, and Fresno Bee losing up to 40% of their staff and more than 90 journalists affected nationwide. The company says the changes realign resources with subscriber interests to ensure long-term sustainability after its bankruptcy-era ownership by Chatham Asset Management. Unions criticized the move as harming local watchdog coverage, noting layoffs across reporters, photographers and videographers. Named laid-off staff include Civic Watchdog Reporter David Taub, longtime photographer Craig Kohlruss, reporters Maria G. Ortiz-Briones and Melissa Montalvo, and others across several papers.

via New York Post|

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