The New Haven Independent has the story on a new round of layoffs at the New Haven Register and CT Magazine which “reflect a continuing shift to focusing the company on web rather than print journalism….”
Longtime New Haven journalists Sandi Kahn Shelton and Vern Williams lost their jobs Wednesday in the latest round of layoffs to hit the New Haven Register.
The daily paper’s parent company laid off 10 people statewide while creating six new digitally focused positions, according to statewide Regional Editor Matt DeRienzo. The company, Digital First Media (DFM), owns three dailies (the Register as well as dailies in Torrington and Middletown), Connecticut Magazine, and community weekly papers. It had 110 newsroom employees statewide before the latest cuts, DeRienzo said.
The cuts “no doubt” were part a money-saving move, but they also reflect a continuing shift to focusing the company on web rather than print journalism, DeRienzo said in a conversation Wednesday.
