Kansas City Star publisher Mark Zieman is becoming adept at writing memos in which he states his hope for better days ahead as he announces the involuntary departure of people who work at the paper.
Zieman announced today that the Star was "eliminating about two dozen jobs and cutting a smaller number of unfilled positions," the fifth round of cuts in two years. Tony's Kansas City says film critic Robert Butler is one of the casualties.
Butler was reduced to part-time work in a previous round of cost-cutting at the Star. In-house movie criticism has been deemed expendable by a number of cash-strapped newspaper publishers.
The McClatchy Co., the Star's owner, recently announced a $2 million loss in the first quarter of 2011. Writing on his blog last Tuesday, local media critic John Landsberg stated that the grim financial news at HQ prompted rumors at the Star that "a layoff of about 20 employees might be on the horizon."
Alas, the rumors were true. According to the Star's business blog, Zieman told employees in an e-mail that the cuts were necessary because the "recession that has buffeted our advertisers continues to hold our industry in its grip." He added: "We must continue to operate as efficiently as possible until economic pressures ease and revenues rebound."
Zieman said the newspaper's "overall financial health is strong" and praised the newsroom's ability to "produce first-class, original journalism." The coverage of the death of Osama bin Laden was cited as "a stunning case study in how to do more with less."
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The economic crash was created by Clinton, and the total lack of recovery is a Santayana-esque effort for Barry to be the new FDR--who worsened and lengthened the recession into THE great depression. So since the Star pimps these policies with no attempt at balance....they are shooing themselves in the foot. So be careful what you wish for Star!
So do you worship Barry or just completely ignorant of your country's history? I dont think there's a third possibility
The consensus among Financial analysts is that the current HORRIBLE economy was created by the FNMA stumblings of the Caligula of the Ozarks, in spite of seven years of failed reform attempts, and the incredible staying power of "The Great Recession" is due to the Narcissist in Chief using the same failed policies that worsened the great depression. Where is the racism in that?
How about the report this week that employment for African American men is lower than at any time since records have been kept? Hows your BRUTHA working for you?
I guess the screeching rap about the glories of killing raping robbing and sexually enslaving whites is not racist? So it would be OK for about 100 "artists" wearing KKK garb to scream wholesale slaughter of blacks? Otherwise,,,,we all KNOW where the racism is!
While I agree with what you're trying to say, it's quite hypocritical to criticize someone's grammar when you can't even spell the word correctly...
Ramble on, conspiracy man. If you're so inclined, don't vote for him in 2012, but stop showing yourself to be a pea-brained racist paranoid with this drivel.
Well, well, well. If I recall correctly, the KC Star endorsed a certain agent of "Hope and Change" for office during the 2008 election, and endorsed most of his fellow travelers in 2010. Prior to that, the Star has aggressively reported in favor of policies favored by this cabal. The entire journalistic corps at the star is an astonishing 87% in support of said agent and his co-conspirators. How's that Hope-y Change-y thing working out for all you unionized Star employees? I'm relishing this chance to say it: BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
or the space bar...which he probably thinks is a good place to grab a beer & watch nascar.
Your flame bait is not very well composed. Hemingway learned to write at the Star; you should try to learn somewhere. You might start by working on capitalization.
Reading a Robert Butler column would be a goo model.
Oops! Too late.
Mike that's such bullshit. I've never seen Yael or Mike Hendrix at any of our secret Illuminati meetings.
At least the reporters at The Star, unlike you, know how to use proper grammer and punctuation.
I'm curious, Mike. Are you a mouthpiece for the Republican Party or pathetically ignorant? I don't think there's a third possibility.
as much as i hate to see someone lose their livelihood have a very tough time feeling sorry for the so called journalists at the star.the star is a left wing newspaper who pretends to be objective,but is simply a mouthpiece for the democrats,big labor,big education,big law,and big government.live the lie,get fired by the lie.
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