This can only be bad news for local readers and non-readers who believe in the power and the role of the news media to serve a broad community. Here it is:
"In response to declining advertising revenue, Capital Gazette Communications yesterday offered voluntary buyouts to 50 employees, or about 21 percent of its workforce."
This was in today's paper. http://www.capitalonline.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/10_02-21/BUS It has been rumored that something along the lines was coming, and some Capital folks have mentioned certain goings on to CP, but 50 employees!!! Of course, this is happening to newspapers all over the place, and the Baltimore Sun's local news hole has been shrinking. As CP reported, some longtime staff members had left. Some days, there is hardly any news in its Arundel section.
But back to The Capital for a moment. This can only mean less reporting, less news coverage and a decreasingly well informed public. Of course, CP extends a welcome hand to any reporters wishing to work with another local news outlet. And boy, do we have a sweet buy-in deal for you.....we wish..... We hope that all Capital employees can weather this storm, and although it is likely in vain, we ask your editors to PLEASE DON'T SHRINK THE NEWS HOLE ANY FURTHER!!!
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