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All D.C.-Area Media Shutting Down Forever
Wonkette » top —
... of temporary and contract workers, and shedding office space. Empty chunks of the Dulles headquarters will be leased out. No word yet on how many of the latest 700 job cuts will hit No. Virginia employees. [Kara Swisher]
The last issue of the Baltimore Examiner free daily will be February 15. The website will also be shut down. About 90 people will lose their jobs, as none of them will be invited to work for the surviving Washington Examiner. [Baltimore Sun]
Oh, christ, Congressional Quarterly is going up for sale. ...
Byron York Leaves National Review For Examiner, And Why It Matters
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... Organizationally, the Examiner is riding out a bit of a rough patch. Last week, the paper announced that it would undergo further contractions and shutter its Baltimore operation in the weeks ahead after failing to find a buyer. The other part of the battle is the fact that, as a brand name, the Examiner is still mostly thought of in Washington, DC as a foil for the Washington Post Express: a free paper hawked by street suppliers at Metro stations. ...
Byron York Leaves National Review For Examiner, And Why It Matters
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Organizationally, the Examiner is riding out a bit of a rough patch. Last week, the paper announced that it would undergo further contractions and shutter its Baltimore operation in the weeks ahead after failing to find a buyer. The other part of the battle is the fact that, as a brand name, the Examiner is still mostly thought of in Washington, DC as a foil for the Washington Post Express: a free paper hawked by street suppliers at Metro stations. ...
