Minnesota Star Tribune Cutting 15 Percent Of Jobs, Exploring New Ownership Model
The cuts will reduce the newsroom to about 175 journalists as the company cites falling ad revenue and a shift to digital media.
- On Wednesday, The Minnesota Star Tribune announced it is cutting 65 jobs, about 15 percent of its workforce, as Chief Executive Steve Grove adapts the publication to a digital-focused business model.
- These cuts follow a difficult period for the paper, which last year laid off around 125 employees when it closed its Heritage Print Facility in Minneapolis, shifting printing operations to Des Moines, Iowa.
- The reduction comes just one month after the Star Tribune won a Pulitzer Prize for covering the Annunciation Church and School shooting; the newsroom will decline from just under 200 journalists to about 175.
- Jeff Day, the labor union co-chair, said the management's argument "lacks any foundation in reality," while Grove called the layoffs "necessary" as the union vows to fight the decision.
- Billionaire owner Glen Taylor and Grove are exploring a new nonprofit ownership structure for the newspaper, a model similar to the Philadelphia Inquirer intended to secure the organization's future stewardship.
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The Minnesota Star Tribune will cut 15% of its staff — and may become a nonprofit
Just a month after winning a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting, The Minnesota Star Tribune will offer buyouts and lay off up to 15% of its staff, the company said Tuesday. The Star Tribune has 495 employees, including a newsroom of 200 journalists. The cuts will affect every department and the newsroom will be reduced to 175 people, the Star Tribune said. CEO Steve Grove told employees in an email that the company will also explore beco…
Job cuts are once again coming to the Minnesota Star Tribune
Job cuts are once again coming to the Minnesota Star Tribune. Chief Executive Steve Grove announcing Tuesday night the decision to eliminate 65 jobs, shrinking the newspaper's overall workforce by 15% through buyouts and layoffs.
Star Tribune planning job cuts, exploring new ownership model
The Minnesota Star Tribune announced Tuesday that it plans to cut about 15 percent of its staff through buyouts and layoffs. Publisher Steve Grove also said the Star Tribune is exploring a new ownership model.
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