OMAHA, NE (November 12, 2008) – The Omaha World-Herald today cut 51 jobs from its payroll, about 7 percent of their employees, citing the increased cost of doing business combined with the world economic slump.
"This difficult choice is a careful action to protect our ongoing commitment to readers and advertisers," publisher Terry Kroeger said. The newspaper has experienced a nearly 50 percent increase in the cost of newsprint since this time last year, he said, while the paper's Web site with 15 million views last month is the region's leading online news site.
In making the announcement Kroeger said that the World-Herald is one of the best-read newspapers in the country, reaching 82 percent of the region's potential audience each month through a combination of the printed paper and their Web site, according to a Media Audit study.
