Rumor: Media General eliminating copy editors, designers
Rachel Kauffman of Media Jobs Daily reported Thursday Media General is considering centralizing copy and design functions at many of its papers, eliminating a number of jobs.
Kauffman reports:
Several sources, including but not limited to Media General journos chatting [in this thread at SportsJournalists.com] have said that the company plans to move all its design, pagination, and copy editing crew to Lynchburg, Va., starting in the first quarter of the next year. That team will copy edit and design all of Media General’s papers (except, perhaps, for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Tampa Tribune, MG’s flagships) from the centralized location.
Presumably those who can relocate will be asked to reapply for their old jobs, but some won’t be able to move, and, we speculate, there won’t be enough jobs for everyone anyway because the whole point of a consolidation is to, well, consolidate.
Media General owns a number of dailies including the aforementioned Richmond and Tampa. Others include
- Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal
- Dothan (Ala.) Eagle
- Bristol (Va.) Herald Courier
- (Lynchburg, Va.) News & Advance
- Enterprise (Ala.) Ledger
- Statesville (N.C.) Record & Landmark
- Florence (S.C.) Morning News
- Potomac News (Woodbridge, Va.)
Read the Media Jobs Daily report here. Find the SportsJournalists thread here.