US EditionScience Museum of Minnesota Lays Off 43 People, Downsizes by $7 Million
BOULDER, COLORADO, JUL 12 – Boulder Weekly ended a 32-year publishing streak by firing its editor and laying off staff amid financial troubles, with about 25,000 readers affected, owner uncertain about resuming publication.
- On Wednesday, Boulder Weekly laid off its staff and missed its weekly publication for the first time since 1993 after firing Editor-In-Chief Shay Castle on July 2.
- Castle cited protests and tensions over ownership practices as reasons for her firing, while owner Sallo expressed uncertainty about when Boulder Weekly will resume publication.
- Notices went out July 9 to 25,000 print readers and 20,000 email subscribers; Gray declined the Editor-In-Chief role and resigned amid staff layoffs.
- Boulder Weekly’s independent status leaves 25,000 print readers and 20,000 newsletter subscribers uncertain about when the paper will return.
- Other major outlets include Boulder Daily Camera, since 1890, and Boulder Reporting Lab, since 2021, as owner Stewart Sallo remains uncertain when Boulder Weekly will resume, leaving a local news gap.
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Science Museum of Minnesota lays off 43 people, downsizes by $7 million
ST. PAUL — Buffeted by a continuous drop in visitors, the Science Museum of Minnesota is restructuring, cutting 43 full-time employees — or 13% of its staff — while reducing its $38 million general operating budget by $7 million. Notices went out to impacted staff members on Wednesday, July 9, followed by an all-staff virtual meeting Thursday morning. The cuts are wide-ranging, in some cases eliminating entire departments, such as the four-membe…
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Boulder Weekly ownership lays off editorial staff. Future of the only independently owned newspaper, published for the last 32 years, in question, former staffers said.
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