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The Denver Post announced thirty layoffs, or nearly one-third of its newsroom staff, on March 14. Just shy of two weeks later, we still don't know the identities of all those who'll be leaving, and that information won't be made official for two more, thanks to a complicated system that allows some laid-off workers to "bump" individuals who haven't been notified that their positions could be in danger. But at present, no daily reporters are being targeted, with the layoffs focusing on what Denver Newspaper Guild administrative officer Tony Mulligan refers to as "the second set of eyeballs."
Veteran outdoor writer Jason Blevins voluntarily chose to leave the Post after news of the downsizing broke, and in conversation with Westword, he blasted Alden Global Capital, the paper's hedge fund owner, which is reportedly making the cuts to maintain a profit margin on the property in the 20 percent range. Others who've revealed that they're moving on include Kourtney Geers, the Post's director of digital news production, and travel editor/feature writer Jenn Fields.
In other pieces I've seen them blame owners (hedge fund) instead of their hard-left bias which has isolated the 50% of the state, most of which still read print.
