50 Cent Is Being Shown The Door In Greenwich
Inflation Strikes Home: G-Unit (Greenwich Time) Is Going To 75 Cent
Before Being Merged With Other Local Hearst Newspapers
You Won't Read This In The Greenwich Time
Soon the price of a single copy Greenwich Time newspaper will jump 50 percent
to 75 cents from it's current 50 cent price.
Greenwich Residents Will Have To Pay More For The Crappy Reporting In The Local Rag.
Sources Tell Us The Greenwich Time / Stamford Advocate Will Shed Even More Jobs In Response To Deteriorating Local Advertising Market.
It looks like even more fired Greenwich Time reporters could be joining the ranks of Ex-Greenwich Time Editor Joe Pisani's Blog called "Our Greenwich"
Although the two newspapers have been through numerous rounds of cutbacks over the years it just not has been enough to stop the bleeding at the Greenwich Time.
The Greenwich Time had a significant head count reduction in the newsroom when many jobs were chopped, but apparently that was not enough.
As the Greenwich Time and Stamford Advocate begins its 2009 budget process the corporate suits at Hearst Media are expecting a tough year.
Insiders say that Greenwich Time staffers appear shell-shocked.
In addition to another pending head count reduction the paper is cutting back on travel, entertainment and supply budgets.
The Greenwich Time maybe going forward with a considerably smaller news desk. The source says that some soon to be laid off reporters work may still appear in the paper as freelancers.
This is fueling rumors that the Greenwich Time, Norwalk Advocate and Stamford Advocate will be folded into the Connecticut Post sooner rather than later.
Greenwich will no longer have it's own paper, but a Connecticut Post news page supported by a few local advertisers.
The Greenwich Time News Paper Offices Will Become A Connecticut Post News Bureau
The Insider says that the newspapers are planning to hike their newsstand price. The price of a single copy will jump 50 percent to 75 cents from 50 cents.
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