Post-Dispatch cuts 39 jobs in circulation, classified
Written on May 23, 2009
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch eliminated 39 jobs today, moving the circulation functions to two other properties owned by Lee Enterprises.
Thirty-six of the jobs cut were in circulation; three came from the classified department.
"This workforce reduction is necessary and difficult for everyone," said Kevin Mowbray, publisher of the Post-Dispatch.
The Times, a Lee newspaper in Munster, Ind., with a regional call center, will handle the Post-Dispatch call center function individual health insurance. STL Distribution Services in St. Louis will take on the distribution function. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lee, with clients including the Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, The Financial Times and the Post-Dispatch.
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