New York newspaper "Daily News" rejects half of his writing

The Daily News of New York, one of two major dailies of the city will reject the half of its wording, as release The Trunk group, which took over the newspaper last September, also announced the departure of the director of the publication, Jim Rich and the head of the company. Editorial, Kristen Lee.

"The decisions announced today reflect the realities of our business and the need to adapt to the changing media landscape," explained the company in an email to employees , published Trunk wants to turn the Daily News into a newspaper centered on the digital domain with a particular focus on the latest news, according to this message. 19659004] Those who were fired, about 50% of the writing team, they will leave the newspaper immediately, but they will continue to receive their salary for 90 days, the company said.

The newspaper, which employed hundreds of people, was recently in the newsroom with between 75 and 100 workers, according to the collections The New York Times .

In recent years, Trunk has made major model reductions in several of the newspapers that it controls, among them the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, ] that he then sold to a South African billionaire.

Founded in 1919, the Daily News is one of ] New York Historical Newspapers and came to have the largest traffic in the world. 39, all of the United States.

Currently, he is still among the top ten most-watched newspapers in the country and, like the tabloid New York Post, continues to be a very influential media at the local level.

With economic problems the newspaper lost in 2015 dozens of employees, while its owner was still the entrepreneur Mortimer B. Zuckerman

Trunk paid Zuckerman a nominal amount for the newspaper, in exchange for assuming its debt, operating costs and retirement obligations.

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