Beyond the deep cuts the
Seattle Times will have to make (as I discussed in
this post earlier in the week), it appears the trickling down has begun: the
Yakima Herald Republic, another Seattle Times-owned company (like the
Press Herald,
Morning Sentinel, and
Kennebec Journal), is laying off five support workers people and leaving a reporter's job unfilled,
according to its own report (with a hat-tip to
Romenesko).
Any effects of the massive spending cuts on the Maine newspapers remain to be seen, but this is a sign that the entire Blethen portfolio may be taking a large budget hit, rather than just the
Seattle Times itself.
