Subject: Layoffs and Downsizing

• Laid-off "Get Out" theater critic commits suicide

  May 27, 2008

• "Involuntary Reductions" at the Arizona Republic

  August 15, 2008

• East Valley Tribune to be Gutted in a Massive Downsizing

  October 6, 2008

• East Valley Tribune Layoff List Includes Many Longtime Local Journos

  October 6, 2008

• YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BUDGET BY ITS COVER

  MARICOPA COUNTY'S BUDGET HAS AN AWARD-WINNING FORMAT. NOW IF IT WERE ONLY ACCURATE.

  May 18, 1994

• East Valley Tribune Coverage Shrinking Even in Core Areas of Mesa and Chandler, Sources Say

  October 20, 2008

• Letters

  October 10, 1996

• Scenes From a Slaughter

  January 23, 1997

• Flashes

  From the week of January 28, 1999

  January 28, 1999

• Flashes

  From the week of 11-09-2000

  November 9, 2000

• David Byrne & Brian Eno

  September 11, 2008

• Hot Links: Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Gets Red-Light Ticket; Stephenie Meyer Hottest Local Celebrity; Janet Napolitano to be "Moderate" on Immigration

  That maniac you saw a running a red light might have been Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. In a public confession, Gordon admits he ran a red light at the corner of 7th Street and Northern recently, netting him a photo enforcement ticket. Talk about transparency in government. Other news highlights: Stephenie Meyer, the local author who was profiled by New Times last year, blossoms into one of the Phoenix area's biggest celebrities ever. The Repub says Janet Napolitano will be "moderate" on immigratio

  November 21, 2008

• Arizona Republic Journalists on Edge over Pending Layoffs

   To be kind, we're not awfully huge fans of the Arizona Republic around here. But we do admit to a camaraderie with some of the hard-working folks over there who're currently wondering if they're going to have a job come Christmas.  Word from inside the newsroom is that the latest round of layoffs is coming any day now. When management met with the worker bees just before Thanksgiving, they were told that Gannett didn't want to be hurtful by taking jobs away at Christmas. So (get this) t

  December 2, 2008

• Editors Take Big Hits in Arizona Republic Layoffs

  The latest round of layoffs at the Arizona Republic includes numerous editors and photographers, sources in the know tell New Times. Here's a partial list of those who got the axe, according to the latest scuttlebutt. (Please let us know if anything is incorrect!):

  December 3, 2008

• Sources: Scottsdale Republic Going From Five to Four Days a Week; Editor Roles Shifting

  The latest shake-up at the Arizona Republic that resulted in numerous layoffs this week also includes the elimination of one day of publication for the six-year-old Scottsdale Republic insert, sources tell New Times. The insert, originally designed to better compete with the East Valley Tribune's Scottsdale edition, previously ran five days a week but will now stop publishing on Tuesdays, say sources at the paper who wish to remain anonymous. The Scottsdale newsroom wil

  December 4, 2008

• Hot Links: Jan Brewer Prepares to Take Over as Governor; Another Study Questions Taser Safety; Phoenix Murders Decrease

  She's not wasting any time: Jan Brewer, the conservative Republican Arizona secretary of state, is gathering a transition team to begin her serendipitous coup of the State Capitol's 9th Floor. Tasers shock at higher powers than expected, according to a new study. Murders in Phoenix are decreasing, but keep your head down -- one still happens about every other day. Sheriff Arpaio won't submit charges on two little kids who hanged a kitten after playing Grand Theft Auto. And for the

  December 5, 2008

• Arizona Republic and Channel 12 News Employees Forced to Take an Unpaid Week Off

  Gannett employees, including those at the Arizona Republic and Channel 12 News (KPNX), are being forced to take a mandatory week of unpaid leave between now and March in an effort to cut costs and avoid layoffs. It's the latest piece of bad news in an industry that's had more than its fair share in this awful recession. Just a few weeks ago, the Republic laid off dozens of workers. 

  January 14, 2009

• Terry Goddard, State Attorney General, Says Proposed Budget Will "Endangers... Every Arizonan"

  Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard says the state's proposed budget will force him to lay off half of his criminal division staff and "endangers the future of every Arizonan." These strong words come from a news release just put out by Goddard in response to the proposed budget hammered out by state lawmakers and Governor Jan Brewer. Without further ado, here's Goddard's message: Proposed Budget Endangers Future of Every Arizonan (Phoenix, Ariz. - Jan. 29, 2009) Attorney General Terry

  January 29, 2009

• Laughing Matter

  February 12, 2009

• Good in Small Doses

  Better in large

  July 24, 2008

• Shooter Jennings, and Shelly Fairchild

  Ornery cusses

  December 29, 2005

• East Valley Tribune Drops Saturday Edition; Lays Off 13 More People

    Julie Moreno, East Valley Tribune publisherThe hits to local daily newspapers just keep on coming. The East Valley Tribune will drop its Saturday edition starting May 15, taking the paper down from four days a week to just three. On top of that, it's laying off 13 more employees. As you may recall, last year the Tribune laid off nearly half its staff, retracted its circulation area, stopped home delivery and eliminated Monday, Tuesday and Thursday editions. Now, it seems -- we

  April 14, 2009

• PBS Channel 8 (KAET-TV) Slashes 13 Jobs in Latest Media Layoff

  Thirteen staffers at PBS Channel 8 (KAET-TV) were given pink slips yesterday in a cost-cutting move expected to affect local programming. According to this morning's broadcast on National Public Radio's local affiliate, KJZZ (91.5 FM), the employees include a local production manager and several workers for the public affairs show Horizon. This latest bad-news-for-the-news-media story comes a day after the East Valley Tribune announced it was eliminating another day of publication -- now it

  April 15, 2009

• Wrong Number

  Laid-off AT&T workers refuse to hang up

  February 19, 2004

• Rights of Spring

  Pro-choicers walk, attorney serves up double-talk

  April 27, 2000

• Boomerang Bust

  San Manuel is finding out what happens when an Australian company buys the local copper mine and lays off half the town

  August 26, 1999

• Class Reaction

  Legal aid to farmworkers and Indians slashed as Congress seeks end to mass lawsuits

  December 7, 1995

• SORRY, YOU'VE BEEN RE-ENGINEEREDPALO VERDE LAYS OFF HUNDREDS, OUSTS UNION TRADESMEN, IN STREAMLINING EFFORT

  June 22, 1994

• Gannett Could be Ready to Cut 4,500 More Jobs, Blog Reports

    Gannett Blog reports that the media company might be preparing for more across-the-board layoffs. The blog, which has done a good job predicting previous layoffs, says it receives a comment recently from one its best sources that says:  1. Principal executive and Chief Financial Officer Gracia Martore has ordered layoffs across the board from U.S. Community Publishing to USA Today, Corporate and the Broadcasting division. 2. On top of layoffs, salary reductions will happen

  June 19, 2009

• Gannett Bastards Screw Over Employees, Siphon State Resources

  ​New Times and the Arizona Republic used to be fiercely competitive -- and we used any slip-ups on their part as an excuse to point out how much better we were.Today, in this brutal time for newspapers, we're just mourning their losses. Which is why we found a story in yesterday's New York Times so damn infuriating. Basically, the Times reports, those corporate bastards at Gannett are no longer giving any severance to the employees that it lays off -- meaning those employees are now reliant on

  July 28, 2009

• Laid-Off Light Rail Operators Protest Cuts

  Bob Bean (right) is among the union protestors at Central Station this morning.​A dozen or so light rail operators protested at the Central Station in downtown Phoenix this morning, holding hand-made signs that excoriated both Metro Light Rail and the Boston-based company that manages the line, ACI.Carrying colorful poster board with slogans including "Metro Rail, Thanks for the Unemployment" and "ACI-Metro Rail Lured Us with Lies," the workers handed out leaflets to riders using the stop.New

  October 8, 2009

• Freedom Execs Took Big Bonuses Before East Valley Tribune's Demise

  www.tribunecarfinder.com​Big bonuses for execs of failing companies seems to be the common theme in business culture these days, and the East Valley Tribune and its parent company, Freedom Communications, apparently are no exception.The Trib will cease to be after December 31, putting an end to a newspaper that thrived for more than a century. What you may not know is that as the paper was laying off employees and moving from being a daily to a three-day-a-week paper, Freedom C

  November 5, 2009

• Budget Crisis "Devastating" ADOT; Department Announces it Will Lay Off 115 Employees

  www.smartassstore.com​The Arizona Department of Transportation announced today that it has laid off 90 employees and 25 more workers should expect to get the ax by the end of the year."This is a perfect storm - our revenues are down, we are suffering from the use of state transportation funds for other purposes, and the needs of the state are not decreasing," ADOT Director John Halikowski says in a press release.Earlier this week Halikowski sent a letter to 90 ADOT employees, informing them th

  November 18, 2009