The Wilmington (Del.) News Journal

by **Gannettoid** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:39 pm

From the Blog:

The bloodletting is underway at The News Journal in Wilmington, DE. The first fired was the the first lieutenant of the dayside copy desk chief. Guess he figured it was easier to throw him under the bus than risk his own neck.

by **Guest** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:26 pm

delaware lost a RAM this afternoon (the who actually did work of course). More to come no doubt.

by **Gannettoid** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:16 pm

From an anonymous tipster:

The News journal in Delaware had 2 copy editors, 1 sales, 1 metromix (let go today) and more are coming tomorrow.

by **Guest** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:05 pm

What's a RAM?

by **guest** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:06 pm

And what's a "metromix"?

by **Guest** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:49 am

metromix is gannett's entertainment newspaper, that only some sites were worthy of.

by **still bloody** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:51 am

It's sickening to watch your co-workers escorted off the site while waiting for a hand on your own shoulder. It happened to me in December.

by **Guest** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:57 am

RAM= Retail Ad Manager

by **still bloody** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:03 am

Wilmington .... one ACE so far

by **still bloody** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:45 am

Wilmington so far on Thursday:

One ACE
Two copy editors

by **Guest** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:37 pm

Wilmington newsroom so far:

Day desk assistant chief, part-timer (both yesterday)
Librarian
Designer
Three night copy editors
Webcast anchor
Deputy city-state editor

Reporters seemed to be spared

20+ lost in wilmington, all sales assistants, a few copy editors, 3 ad designers (2 print, 1 online) a partridge and a pear tree

from blog

by **Guest** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:21 pm

Any truth to the rumor that reporters/photographers will get the bad news tomorrow instead of today?

by **Guest** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:30 pm

No more layoffs in the newsroom, it was announced a little while ago.

by **Anon2** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:30 pm

There were 30 from Wilmington since Wednesday. No word whether anymore announcements will take place on Friday.

by **Guest** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:10 pm

The prodution/prepress department went from 6 people down to 3. The manager and plate handler both retired, while the USAT DTP tech was layed off.... Good luck to those left in getting both the Journal and USAT out with the staff that is left.

by **Can't believe my eyes** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:56 pm

Don't forget the postions they couldn't fill , estimate is 10

by **Guest** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:28 am

The final count on the Gannett Blog for Wilmington was 46.

Is this correct?

Which jobs?

by **Guest** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:15 pm

In circulation - 2 District Managers/a zone manager/weekend supervisor. It would be nice if some of the fat cat vps got cut. Not the people who actually are getting the papers out to subscribers.