Hoosier Times group cuts 17 positions

The Hoosier Times newspaper group is cutting 17 positions at publications in Bloomington, Bedford, Martinsville and Spencer, The Herald-Times reports.

Lower revenues and rising newsprint costs were behind the move, said Cory Bollinger, Hoosier Times publisher, the paper reported. Bollinger is also vice president of publishing for Schurz Communications, which owns the group.

Cuts are on deck for The Herald-Times (Bloomington), the Times-Mail in Bedford, the Reporter-Times in Martinsville and the Spencer Evening World publishing group. Positions are being cut in various departments at the papers.

Bollinger said various steps taken, such as an early retirement program last year and the decision to stop publishing on holidays, were aimed at bettering finances, the paper said. “Unfortunately, we cannot deny the fact that we must make more adjustments,” he said.

The Hoosier Times continues to employ nearly 175 people in south-central Indiana.

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