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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Media Shrinky-Dink Oregonian

Posted by Amy J. Ruiz on Thu, May 1 at 11:41 AM

I caught wind of this yesterday, and now it seems that Oregon Media Insiders is confirming it: The Oregonian—following news that their circulation shrank by 4.76 percent in the last six months—is going to offer voluntary buy-outs to all of its part timers. In editorial, the number I hear is that would apply to up to around 90 people (unless I misheard and that’s a paper-wide number. It’s a big chunk of employees, either way.)

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That's very big. Comparable to the NY Times recent voluntary buy-out.

Posted by ragold | May 1, 2008 11:50 AM

Watch out Amy! The Merc is next! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Posted by You're next! | May 1, 2008 12:38 PM

No way. The Mercury has a viable online presence. It's the future of journalism.

Unfortunately for them, The O's website is a big pile of pooh.

Posted by Kiala | May 1, 2008 12:48 PM

If we could only get them to reduce the circ on those fucking advertisement paper things.

I've emailed them three times trying to get them to stop... And... they... just.... won't.... stop....

Posted by Tron Javolta | May 1, 2008 1:08 PM

Yeah, what's the deal with the O's website...worthless. Missed the boat on that one.

Posted by Freshmaker | May 1, 2008 1:11 PM

Oregonlive is a separate entity than the O from what I understand. They pick and choose the stories they run which is why the website always seems incomplete compared to the full paper.

Posted by Daaaaave | May 1, 2008 2:29 PM

Correct. The O and O-Live are affiliated, but they're not the same entity, and O-Live is not The O's website. Which is part of the problem. O-Live sucks major donkey wang, but beyond that, The O doesn't even have its own website. Crazy. I read the Merc more than I read The O, and even with that said,I haven't picked up an actual hard copy of the Merc in probably two years... I only ever read it online. The O has dropped the ball big-time by not having a website presence.

Posted by Jon | May 1, 2008 3:04 PM

At least the people who read the Merc are smart enough to figure out O-Live and the Oregonian are separate. Kudos.

The folks at the Merc should be worried though. The layoffs mean there are at least 90 people more qualified to do the job they're currently doing.

Posted by Casey | May 1, 2008 4:23 PM

The layoffs mean there are at least 90 people more qualified to do the job they're currently doing.

and with the trib layoffs, make that number roughly over a hundred.

Posted by mols | May 1, 2008 11:39 PM

how many times per week does someone bring up the Oregonian vs. OregonLive question? It's so lame that the Oregonian has let the confusion and crappy web presence fester for so many years.

Posted by Skinny City Girl | May 2, 2008 4:09 PM