Newhouse's D.C. bureau closing ...
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Newhouse's D.C. bureau closing ...
by daniele » 2:24 pm 07/30/2008
... laying off 24 more journalists.
Newhouse News Service to close
WASHINGTON (AP) — Newhouse News Service, which has provided Washington and national news to newspapers for nearly half a century, will close on Nov. 7, after the election.
The news service, founded in 1961, is also the Washington bureau of Advance Publications Inc. of New York, which owns 26 daily newspapers, including The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J; The Oregonian in Portland, Ore.; The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and The Times-Picayune in New Orleans.
"The decision to close followed the direction of our clients, the editors of our papers," said Linda Fibich, editor and Washington bureau chief. "They felt they could not afford to pay for a central Washington bureau at a time when they were steering all available resources to local coverage back at home."
The news service has 24 employees. Of those, 11 are reporters who write for specific newspapers and "are being offered opportunities to join the staffs of those newspapers," Fibich said. "Whether the individual papers maintain a presence in Washington is up to each individual paper."
The news service "will make efforts to place the remaining employees," Fibich said.
The news service is also the parent company of Religion News Service, which will continue as an independent company, she said.
Advance Publications, controlled by the Newhouse family, also owns Conde Nast Publications, the second-biggest magazine publisher in the country.
Its 26 publications include Vogue, The New Yorker, Architectural Digest, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Gourmet, GQ, and Conde Nast Traveler.
The media dynasty was founded by Samuel I. Newhouse Sr., who built a major newspaper chain from scratch. It was the third largest newspaper company in the United States when he died in 1979. Last year, Forbes magazines estimated that his sons, Donald and S.I. Newhouse Jr., are worth more than $8.5 billion.
Newhouse News Service to close
WASHINGTON (AP) — Newhouse News Service, which has provided Washington and national news to newspapers for nearly half a century, will close on Nov. 7, after the election.
The news service, founded in 1961, is also the Washington bureau of Advance Publications Inc. of New York, which owns 26 daily newspapers, including The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J; The Oregonian in Portland, Ore.; The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and The Times-Picayune in New Orleans.
"The decision to close followed the direction of our clients, the editors of our papers," said Linda Fibich, editor and Washington bureau chief. "They felt they could not afford to pay for a central Washington bureau at a time when they were steering all available resources to local coverage back at home."
The news service has 24 employees. Of those, 11 are reporters who write for specific newspapers and "are being offered opportunities to join the staffs of those newspapers," Fibich said. "Whether the individual papers maintain a presence in Washington is up to each individual paper."
The news service "will make efforts to place the remaining employees," Fibich said.
The news service is also the parent company of Religion News Service, which will continue as an independent company, she said.
Advance Publications, controlled by the Newhouse family, also owns Conde Nast Publications, the second-biggest magazine publisher in the country.
Its 26 publications include Vogue, The New Yorker, Architectural Digest, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Gourmet, GQ, and Conde Nast Traveler.
The media dynasty was founded by Samuel I. Newhouse Sr., who built a major newspaper chain from scratch. It was the third largest newspaper company in the United States when he died in 1979. Last year, Forbes magazines estimated that his sons, Donald and S.I. Newhouse Jr., are worth more than $8.5 billion.
- daniele
by Jim Thomsen » 8:20 pm 07/30/2008
I would not be at all surprised to see Scripps Howard News Service quickly follow suit.
And one wonders about the future quality of the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service now that the Times has pretty well gutted its commitment to national news reporting.
And one wonders about the future quality of the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service now that the Times has pretty well gutted its commitment to national news reporting.
- Jim Thomsen
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