Inlander: Is Spokesman-Review On Way Out?

With newspapers across the country shrinking, dying and staring at bankruptcy, is the Spokesman-Review on its way out? Depends which Spokesman-Review you’re talking about, says Smith. In his sixth year as editor, Smith says that while they haven’t been hit as hard by the pressures bearing on most dailies — especially declines in real estate and automotive classified advertising — the newspaper is still feeling the pain. “We’re in exactly the same boat,” he says, with the costs of health care, newsprint and personnel going up and revenues steadily declining. However, after a re-budgeting effort undertaken last month, he says he thinks that the company won’t see any layoffs this year/ Joel Smith , Inlander. More here . Steve Smith’s reaction to story here .

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