I do not envy John Schueler. Media General Inc. recently restructured its media orgs, combining newspaper, television, and the Internet. They appointed Schueler to head up this new structure.
Frankly, I think this sounds like rearranging deck chairs on a sinking ship, but perhaps they have a plan I just don’t understand. Regardless, I do not envy John Schueler. He had to make one of those hard decisions today and lay off a slew of folks.
“Just in time for its corporate restructuring, Media General Inc. has eliminated 65 more positions with its Florida Communications Group, which includes WFLA-Channel 8, The Tampa Tribune and TBO.com.
“In a memo to employees, FCG president John Schueler — who was recently named the head of Media General’s Florida division beginning July 1 — said that along with the job cuts will come three more furlough days in April, May and June, bringing the total number of mandatory unpaid leave days to 13.”
Tangentially related to this story I wonder how the Tampa Bay Business Journal is doing?
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I would love to see tbo.com and all of it’s ignorant racist commenters go away permanently. Now, if only 970 wfla would drop dead…
I couldn’t agree more about the comments section. I don’t know why anyone would allow their pages to fill with such vitriol.
Newspapers have to help create a reasonable community. That doesn’t mean stifling debate, but it does mean not allowing such blatant hate speech. Not to mention that the level of ignorance is profoundly stunning.
As far as 970… I’m not a radio person, but I’ll take your word for it.
If the Trib is going to survive they’re going to have to find some savvy webmasters that can help them be a positive force in the community. Given their decisions over the past decade I’m not holding my breath.