Comments on: EXCLUSIVE: Birmingham News drops 10.8 percent in weekday print circulation

By: EXCLUSIVE: Birmingham News offers buyouts to employees across the board « Media of Birmingham

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:57:17 +0000

[...] The daily newspaper is looking for “substantial staff reductions,” this time, but says no layoffs are planned for Feb. 6, when the Advance Publications’ “no layoff” pledge expires. The newspaper has not only faced an advertising shortfall because of the down economy but also a 10.8 percent drop in weekday circulation. [...]

By: Media of Birmingham

Media of Birmingham — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:39:13 +0000

Maybe they should find out what Mobile’s doing right.

By: Evan Lockridge

Evan Lockridge — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:39:14 +0000

How can any one be surprised about this? The quality of editorial content is at a low. The paper’s idea of beefing up their content is adding pages of pictures called Faces. If it wasn’t for John Archibald’s column I would have cancelled my subscription long ago.