• Tribune
Publishing is shuttering the Daily Press
office in Newport News (Virginia), the paper reported. Par Ridder, general manager of the
Daily Press and other Tribune papers, said office will close permanently by the
end of this month. Most Daily Press staff members have been working from home
for months due to coronavirus, the paper said.
• The Free Lance-Star in
Fredericksburg and The News & Advance in Lynchburg
(Virginia)
have laid off workers, Virginia Business reported. Two editors, a designer and two
circulation clerks have were cut at The News & Advance. The Free
Lance-Star’s digital editor said that he was laid off as well. Last week
Virginia Business reported that at minimum five newsroom employees at the Richmond Times-Dispatch were being laid off. Sister
papers Greensboro News & Record and Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina) also saw
at least five layoffs, Triad Business Journal reported. Lee Newspapers owns the papers.
• The Detroit Jewish News is
becoming a nonprofit news organization, the paper announced.
The paper is being hit hard by the effects of the coronavirus, it said.
• The Desert Sun (Palm Springs) produced its final locally printed edition
Sept. 21. The paper is moving its printing to Phoenix. Gannett owns the paper.
• Stora Enso will start codetermination negotiations with employees at
its Hylte Mill in Sweden regarding
a plan to reorganize the mill, including permanent closure of paper machine PM3
and the deinking plant, the company announced.
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