News Corp. is starting to tighten up.
On Friday, CNN reported that the New York Post laid off about 3% of its newsroom.
Among the dozen or so who are gone is long time popular TV editor Michael Starr, who’s changed his Twitter account to read “former” NY Post. He’s working on a book. But Starr was a key part of the news room for maybe 30 years.
The Post has always stood out as Rupert Murdoch’s protected gem. No matter how many millions it lost every year, the paper was the tycoon’s stake in New York politics. But now that he’s retired and about to marry again at age 93, the paper faces the same financial perils as all other print publications.
Will the Post outlive Murdoch? One day he’ll be gone. And then we’ll see what News Corp’s commitment is to an fortunately dying format.
Here’s the memo that went out on Friday, courtesy of CNN’s Oliver Darcy:
