Two weeks ago a reporter from the Wall Street Journal phoned me while I was working, requesting information about the Los Angeles Times producing his newspaper. I had no clue what he was referring to, and all I could share at that moment was the meeting between Sam Zell and Rupert Murdoch, and nothing more.
Last Thursday I took another phone call from an insider at the San Bernardino Sun, explaining that the Sun was shutting down production in the near future, and outsourcing the numerous newspapers now in production at the facility.
Among the newspapers produced at the facility are USA Today, The New York Post, Wall Street Journal, San Bernardino Sun, and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Some of the newspapers will be produced at a printing facility in Ontario, while the Los Angeles Times may produce the Wall Street Journal.
How can the LA Times make a profit from printing other papers when labor costs are almost double that of other newspaper producers in SoCal?
ReplyDeleteHow do you think?
ReplyDeleteOh! BUT the union guys said.....
well I would think the other papers could then let go all their production people and close the plant saving lots of money. Also the LA Times could take on quite a bit more production now with the current labor force so there wouldnt be much additional labor related expense
ReplyDeleteRight. The Times will make a profit on outside printing by reducing labor costs. How much do guys at the Register and CCN make? Yikes.
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