N&R lays off nine employees in the news, advertising and administration divisions “due to continuing softness in national advertising,” according to publisher Jeff “Grits” Gauger. Longtime N&R subscribers will note some familiar names among those laid off, including one who reportedly was “just months from retiring.”
I’ve been caught in print media downsizing myself, so I certainly sympathize with the employees who went to work on Wednesday–just like any other day — and were out of a job before the day was done. But anyone who’s been reading the N&R lately knows they’ve taken a decidedly liberal turn—-North Carolina’s evil Republicans are pretty much responsible for any woe you can conjure up. No political gloating here—just noting that in the real world difficult decisions affecting the few must be made for the benefit of the majority.
