We Were Print

Alex Taylor, appointed publisher of The Palm Beach Post in January, takes leave of the paper after staff cuts for a position over several media outlets in Dayton, Ohio.
Link to the story in The Palm Beach Post here.
Cox Media reorganizes its top tier
Meanwhile, the parent group, Cox Media Group, reorganizes. Here’s the circles chart. (NP = newspaper. RD = radio) [...]

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The Voluntary Separation Program at The Palm Beach Post hit the Treasure Coast Bureaus (Stuart and Pt. St. Lucie) particularly hard. Virtually all of the long-time employees took advantage of buy-out offers, leaving only about two staffers to cover the two-county area.
In all, about 300 employees left The Post before the end of August 2008. [...]

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Former Palm Beach Post Telecom manager and Directory of Photography Ken Steinhoff, now writer/publisher of the cycling blog, Palm Beach Bike Tours, did a story and video on the first anniversary of the first buyouts at the paper.
Post 300 Reunion to Become Annual Event
While only a few could make this reunion, it’s planned as an [...]

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Doug Franklin, briefly publisher at The Palm Beach Post and now executive vice-president of Cox Newspapers, spoke at the recent meeting of the Florida Press Association/Florida Society of News Editors members in Palm Beach.
Talking to the assembled group of publishers and editors at The Breakers, Franklin addressed the tough challenges facing the industry. He reportedly gave a roster of [...]

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Not even The Shiny Sheet on the ultra wealthy island of Palm Beach is immune to Cox layoffs.
Alex Taylor, The Palm Beach Post Publisher, announced today that 11 full-time employees were losing their jobs. That means there are 32 employees left at the paper. Says Mr. Taylor:
To put this into a little perspective it’s important [...]

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