New York Times | Chicago Tribune | SeekingAlpha.com Jim O'Shea, a former Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times editor, says
Randy Michaels'
statements about reduced staffing and newspaper size show a misunderstanding of how newspapers work. "The problem is the papers aren't producing ad revenue, and diminishing the journalism isn't going to solve that," he says. || Newspaper analyst
John Morton shares the feeling: "'Less is more' only works in architecture. Whenever I hear 'We can do more and better with less,' my feeling is you ought to run for the hills." || Read the Tribune
conference call transcript.
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"In terms of people, in this business, there's always a possibility of reductions" (MC)
