The Dallas Morning News Begins Previously Announced Reduction in Force
April 06 2009 - 8:30AM
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DALLAS, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of cost-cutting measures
previously announced by parent company A. H. Belo Corporation, The
Dallas Morning News is beginning today a company-wide reduction in
force. The majority of the actions will take place today and
tomorrow. As A. H. Belo stated in January, this initiative will
affect approximately 500 jobs across all of its properties, but
numbers for the individual companies were not disclosed. "Our
company continues to face unprecedented economic challenges during
this prolonged recession, making this staff reduction a very
difficult but necessary decision," said Jim Moroney, publisher and
CEO of The Dallas Morning News. "As The Dallas Morning News evolves
to meet these challenges, we remain committed to serving our
readers and community in important and unique ways." About The
Dallas Morning News Established in 1885, The Dallas Morning News
(dallasnews.com) is Texas' leading newspaper and serves a
readership of more than 1.5 million. The newspaper has received
eight Pulitzer Prizes since 1986, as well as numerous other
industry awards recognizing the quality of its investigative and
feature journalism, design and photojournalism. In 2005, The News
received the Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award
for its editorial series calling for mandatory record votes in the
Texas legislature, and its Web site, dallasnews.com, also was
honored for Web reporting. In 2003, the paper launched the leading
Spanish-language daily in North Texas, Al Dia; the standard-setting
free entertainment tabloid, Quick; and the nation's first editorial
blog. In 2008, the paper launched the free, home-delivered
quick-read, Briefing. The Dallas Morning News is the flagship
newspaper subsidiary of A. H. Belo Corporation. About A. H. Belo
Corporation A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE:AHC) headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, is a distinguished newspaper publishing and local
news and information company that owns and operates four daily
newspapers and a diverse group of Web sites. A. H. Belo publishes
The Dallas Morning News, Texas' leading newspaper and winner of
eight Pulitzer Prizes since 1986; The Providence Journal, the
oldest continuously-published daily newspaper in the U.S. and
winner of four Pulitzer Prizes; The Press-Enterprise (Riverside,
CA), serving southern California's Inland Empire region and winner
of one Pulitzer Prize; and the Denton Record-Chronicle. The Company
publishes various specialty publications targeting niche audiences,
and its partnerships and/or investments include the Yahoo!
Newspaper Consortium and Classified Ventures, owner of cars.com. A.
H. Belo also owns direct mail and commercial printing businesses.
Additional information is available at http://www.ahbelo.com/.
DATASOURCE: The Dallas Morning News CONTACT: Stephanie Hoefken,
+1-214-891-7693, , for The Dallas Morning News Web Site:
http://www.ahbelo.com/ http://www.dallasnews.com/
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