Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Could Dayton Daily be next?

More bad news from the newspaper world and Cox Publishing this evening.

Cox, which owns the Dayton Daily News, announced last week the imminent closure of its D.C. bureau.

Now it appears the Cox-owned Atlanta Journal-Constitution will cut its distribution area by 27 counties in Georgia and North Carolina as well as 156 full- and part-time jobs in the newsroom and business sectors.

Read more on this

My worry - will Dayton soon see similar cuts and struggles? Though it appears to be the flagship paper of the company (since it is the birthplace of Cox Enterprises and all), I feel like these economic times and the news coming in from around the business are taking no prisoners.

Something to watch for those of us in and around the DDN's distribution area, me thinks.

Evan

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