Denver Post publisher MediaNews Group is laying off 17 employees as part of an outsourcing strategy, according to the Denver Business Journal. The employees are part of MediaNews’ Prairie Mountain Publishing Co. division that publishes the Boulder Daily Camera and Longmont Times-Call. The 17 positions are mostly advertising design and production positions that apparently will be moved off-shore to India and the Philippines.
My oh-so-creative plan for going into communications because, as a creative career, it could never be outsourced, has officially been foibles. Wtf, MNG? I feel for the folks who lost their jobs, really. Not only that, but it just makes it harder on anybody who is a recent grad or graduating this coming year.