Here's Why Laying Off 1/3rd Of Your Newsroom Is A Bad Idea
The Denver Post is in the midst of massive layoffs — 30 people were let go in mid-March, which accounts for about a third of the newsroom. On Friday, to celebrate the beginning of the MLB season, the Post ran a visitors guide to the Colorado Rockies' home field: Coors Field.
Unfortunately, the huge image the Post chose to accompany the story was… not Coors Field. Yep, that's Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park:
The Post was quick to apologize:
Who knows, maybe having sufficient newsroom staff would help? But the hedge-fund running the Post probably knows better.
[Via Chris Chrisman]