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Saturday, May 02, 2009

Sun cuts 27 percent of newsroom by Andy Rosen Daily Record

Baltimore Sun cuts 27% of newsroom

ANDY ROSEN

Daily Record Business Writer

April 29, 2009

The Baltimore Sun has laid off 61 newsroom employees this week, in a round of job cuts that has claimed some of the longest tenured journalists at the paper.

The Sun Wednesday confirmed the number of layoffs, but did not provide a breakdown of what positions were affected. Officials with the Baltimore-Washington Newspaper Guild said that 40 newsroom members were losing their jobs — one voluntarily. Those reductions were in addition to at least 18 top and mid-level editors, and three others, who were laid off.

The reductions amount to about 27 percent of the Sun’s newsroom staff, according to the guild, hitting several long-tenured editors, photographers, designers and other staff.

“People are devastated,” said Gus Sentementes, a guild mobilizer in the newsroom and a general assignment reporter, who said these were some of the most severe reductions in memory. “We are changing the way we do our work.” Sentementes will remain on staff, he said.

The magnitude of the reductions left many wondering whether they’d be able to recognize the Sun in coming days and months.

Publisher Timothy E. Ryan and Editor J. Montgomery Cook did not respond to calls seeking comment Wednesday. Spokeswoman Renee Mutchnik confirmed that the paper had informed the guild of layoffs.

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The Sun is owned by Chicago-based Tribune Co., which filed for bankruptcy in December.

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People who were in the newsroom Wednesday described an emotional scene, with staff members being called into offices to get the news that their jobs were gone.

Bill Wachsberger, a designer who was laid off Wednesday, said staff members had widely anticipated the job reductions and the atmosphere was tense when he arrived around 1:45 p.m. At 2 p.m., management began informing employees.

“You could hear a pin drop in the newsroom,” he said.

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Eileen Canzian, a metro desk editor who was laid off Tuesday, said she was glad to have spent 30 years at the Sun, but wonders what it will look like in the future. She said the cuts severely reduced the number of editors on the metro desk.

“When I realized that they felt that they didn’t need my skills anymore, I thought, ‘Well, the paper’s in a new place, and that is a very sad place,’” Canzian said. “I feel even worse for the young people who didn’t get to spend their lives doing this.”

The Baltimore Sun Media Group has also made cuts in the past few weeks to many of the newspapers it owns throughout Central Maryland in its Patuxent Publishing chain. Last week, the Northeast Booster in Perry Hall and the Northeast Reporter in Parkville said they would combine and publish as a monthly paper. Both outlets had been weeklies. The Owings Mills Times and the North County News in Baltimore County will shift to monthly production as well.

The company has also stop publishing the Eldersburg Eagle in Carroll County, which came out on Wednesdays, and will combine some of its elements into the Sunday Carroll Eagle.

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Read the entire story here: Sun cuts 27 percent of newsroom by Andy Rosen Daily Record

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Follow The Eagle from Wednesday to Sunday

Follow The Eagle from Wednesday to Sunday

http://explorecarroll.com/opinion/2775/follow-eagle-wednesday-sunday/

Posted 4/22/09

Every week the staff of The Eagle covers news of the community, but this week we have some news of our own -- that this is the last Wednesday edition of The Eldersburg Eagle, and that we're combining many of its elements into our Sunday edition, The Carroll Eagle.

It has been a tough decision, to be sure. We've come to cherish The Eagle banner, and have formed bonds with the community over the years.

Those bonds will continue. We'll continue to publish an online edition of The Eldersburg Eagle at our Web site, explorecarroll.com, and we also hope those who have come to count on The Eagle for news, opinion and commentary will follow us to our Sunday edition as well.

The Carroll Eagle is distributed both inside the Baltimore Sun's Sunday edition and also at locations throughout the community, including our familiar paper boxes. If you want to receive it Sunday at home, call 1-877-BUY-A-SUN.

You'll find our familiar features including Hoby Wolf, Cathy Drinkwater Better, John Culleton and David Grand, as well as education news and sports features — such as our Carroll County Student-Athlete of the Season award recipient, who will be revealed this Sunday, April 26. (See preview above.)

Though some things are changing at The Eagle, a few key things won't.

First, our phone number is still 410-549-2806, and our staff phone extensions and e-mail addresses also remain the same.

Secondly, our mailing address is still P.O. Box 474, Eldersburg, MD 21784.

Most importantly, our commitment to serve the community to the best of our ability, and to share the story and history of this community, hasn't changed.

Our staff is humbled by residents of this community who have placed their trust in us, and we'll continue to do our best to honor it. We'll see you in The Carroll Eagle, and online.

http://explorecarroll.com/opinion/2775/follow-eagle-wednesday-sunday/

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This is the last weekly edition of The Eldersburg Eagle

This is the last weekly edition of The Eldersburg Eagle

To our readers

Posted on www.exploreacarroll.com 4/22/09

This is the last weekly edition of The Eldersburg Eagle.

http://explorecarroll.com/news/2776/our-readers/

Starting next week, we are eliminating the print version of The Eldersburg Eagle to focus our resources on The Carroll Eagle, which is distributed every Sunday with The Baltimore Sun.

However, the journalists of The Eldersburg Eagle will continue to bring you the same great content you've come to expect from us on our Web site, ExploreCarroll.com.

In fact, we'll be updating the Web site even more frequently.

ExploreCarroll.com includes an expanded community calendar and forums for interactive comment. We'll be adding more breaking news and local blogs.

In addition, The Carroll Eagle will increase in size, distribution and content and continue to be published every Sunday. If you're not a Baltimore Sun subscriber and would like to start weekend home delivery, please call The Baltimore Sun today at 1-877-BUY-A-SUN.

We appreciate your readership and thank you for your continued support of The Eagle.

http://explorecarroll.com/news/2776/our-readers/

20090422 SDOSM This is the last weekly edition of The Eldersburg Eagle
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Friday, April 04, 2008

20080402 Patuxent Publishing Company president Jim Quimby departing

Patuxent Publishing Company president Jim Quimby departing

Quimby led company's expansion into Carroll County

04/02/08 By Jennifer Broadwater

The president of Patuxent Publishing Co., which publishes the Eldersburg Eagle, will leave the company in early May.

Jim Quimby, who has served as president of Patuxent since 2000, will depart May 2 as part of a reorganization of the company, he said March 25.

Patuxent is operated by The Baltimore Sun Co., which, along with Patuxent, is owned by Tribune Co., a Chicago-based company owned by Sam Zell.

(Disclosure: I write for the Westminster Eagle and the Eldersburg Eagle, also owned by “Tribune”. Tribune also owns the Baltimore Sun – and as a matter of fact, I also write for the Sunday Carroll Eagle which is distributed in the Sunday edition of the Baltimore Sun – see: 20071021 Baltimore Sun: “To our readers”)

Sun publisher and CEO Timothy Ryan announced Quimby's departure in a statement. Ryan did not return telephone calls seeking comment on Quimby's departure.

Beginning April 9, Trish Carroll will take over as senior vice president of the Baltimore Sun Media Group's "targeted print" publications, which include those produced by Patuxent and its sister company, Homestead Publishing, in Harford County, and b, a free daily tabloid The Sun intends to launch in mid-April.

Headquartered in Columbia, Patuxent publishes 18 newspapers in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., metro areas, and several magazines and local telephone directories. Its 275 employees work in offices in Westminster, Columbia, Ellicott City, Laurel and Towson.

Carroll worked for The Sun for 16 years, in a variety of roles before taking a job directing operations and technology at The Olympian, a McClatchy Co.-owned newspaper in the state of Washington.

'A true professional'

Quimby will leave the company after 37 years in the publishing business, including nearly eight years at the helm of Patuxent.

Quimby, 55, of Harford County, described his tenure at Patuxent as a "phenomenal" experience. He said he is unsure of his next step.

"My first words to her were, 'Congratulations, you just got the best job in the whole world,' " Quimby said he told Carroll. "It's a phenomenal opportunity to work at a place like the community newspapers."

His career began in 1970, when he landed a job selling advertising for Harford County-based Susquehanna Publishing, which was purchased by The Baltimore Sun Co. in 1989.

He later worked in operations, press and packaging, circulation and distribution. He helped merge two competing newspapers in Harford County to form Homestead Publishing Co., for which he served as general manager.

In September 2000, he was named president of the Baltimore Sun Community Newspaper Group, which includes Homestead and Patuxent.

During his tenure as president, the company expanded into Carroll County with its purchase of The Eldersburg Eagle from founder David Greenwalt and the creation of The Westminster Eagle. It launched The Sunday Carroll Eagle in 2007.

Patuxent purchased Chesapeake Home magazine in 2005 and the Ellicott City-based The View newspapers in 2007.

Reporter Jay Thompson contributed to this story.

Friday, December 28, 2007

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Recent Eldersburg Eagle columns by Kevin Dayhoff

December 28th, 2007

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11/07/05 - Real scoop on ice cream leads to peace, prosperity and kids George Washington and Thomas Jefferson also served ice cream.

The real breakthrough in ice cream came around 1832, when a former White House chef, African- American Augustus Jackson "invented ...

09/06/06 - Just say no to reality TV mentality in Carroll County election 2006-09-06 00:00:00 Kevin E. Dayhoff Just say no to reality TV mentality in Carroll County election By Kevin E. Dayhoff

Now that Labor Day has passed; perhaps Carroll Countians are finally focu...

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12/14/06 - Donations accepted for injured trooper's family 2006-12-14 00:00:00 News Donations accepted for injured trooper's family By Kevin Dayhoff Donations are being accepted to help the family of the Maryland State Trooper critically injured this week...

12/15/06 - WEB UPDATE: Train derails along Patapsco on Howard and Carroll line 2006-12-15 00:00:00 News WEB UPDATE: Train derails along Patapsco on Howard and Carroll line by Kevin Dayhoff and staff reports At about 3:15 a.m. on Friday, Carroll County, Howard County, Marylan...

11/30/05 - Burnett- Students today perform on global stage 2005-11-30 00:00:00 Local News Burnett- Students today perform on global stage By Kevin Dayhoff
Special to The Eagle

Several hundred people attended the fourth annual Carroll County NAACP Fr...

11/23/05 - Burnett: Students today compete on global stage 2005-11-23 00:00:00 Local News Burnett: Students today compete on global stage By Kevin Dayhoff, Special to The Eagle Several hundred people attended the fourth annual Carroll County NAACP Freedom...

01/10/07 - Campbell, 91, shaped public safety in Carroll 2007-01-10 00:00:00 Obituaries Campbell, 91, shaped public safety in Carroll by Kevin Dayhoff

In November 1962, a Western Maryland College graduate and former Washington Redskins football playe...

Ag Center market marks 35th anniversary

News Briefs 06/21/06

This Saturday, June 24, marks the 35th anniversary of the Carroll County Farmer's Summer Market at the Carroll County Agriculture Center.

History recalls -------, but will it pardon Mark Felt?

06/08/05

So Mark Felt, once the second highest-ranking FBI officer in America, has decided to come clean after 32 years.

In a Vanity Fair magazine article, he wore his best pair of flip-flops and now admits that he was, after all the denials for over three decades, -------- (Remember his remarks in 1974: "It was not I and it is not I.")

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