Comments about ‘Media joining to eliminate duplications’

The only thing that ever comes from news media going out of business is no competition, or less of it. They are already aligning themselves with censorship to please government and corporate america, mostly to support illegal aliens and foreign nationals occupation and defrauding the tax payers. In the past both these news media have shown their true grit and non American news reporting, now it will be censored even further. The new motto of news in Utah, Injustice and No Free press for all. The Godly hand of Obama is laying its claim on the minds and heads of Utahans.

I appreciate that the DMC is trying to find a newspaper model that "works" in today's digital age, and hope that the industry as a whole will benefit from this new direction; but I was very sad to see the movie, TV and music critics (in particular) let go.

While much of the reporting is redundant, I don't believe KSL has as qualified and skillful reviewers of these media, and KSL certainly doesn't have any that I have enjoyed as much as I have these writers. I shared in their passion and appreciated their insights. Gentlemen, you will be missed. Best of luck to you in your future endeavors. DesNews: I wish you'd kept them, and reconsider the decision to let them go.

"My2Cents",
You make false assumptions about the changes going on here.

KSL-TV, KSL-Radio and the Deseret News were all owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For all intents and purposes they were three different mediums for conveying the same information.

However, in the present, more and more news is distributed on the internet. KSL and the Deseret News both had online presences.

JCO,
As I understand it, only newsrooms are being merged. It appears, based on the language used in the multiple artiles on this I have read that other parts of the operations will remain seperate.

The issue with the three news people from KSL-TV, KSL Radio and the Deseret News is something I have observed first hand. At some LDS Church news conferences it seemed like most of the reporters were from LDS Church-owned publications, although the AP usually has a person there, and a few other Utah papers might, including the BYU Daily Universe, which is the newspaper of an LDS owned school so is not by some definitions "independent".

It is true that neither KSL nor the DN are official publicastions of the Church. This distiction is held by the Church News. However, with the Church owning both KSL and the Deseret News, and especially since the two have been part of Deseret Media Corporation, the saving of funds by ending such duplication is quite reasonable.

This is also how the current changes can lead to more coverage. With two newsrooms combined staff counts are different.

The changes involved here are not easy ones, as Brother Gilbert has said. Yet, it shoud be kept in mind that in many other cities papers have folded or cut back from seven-day publication. The company that owns the other daily paper in Salt Lake City is currently in bankruptcy.

It has not been explained what type of positions those who are being let go had. This is a worth-while to consider issue. Not all newspaper staff are involved in writting or editing.

The most famous person in Mormon circles who was a newspaper staffer not involved in such is President Monson. He was an ad executive with the Deseret News. There are also the people who work in the actual printing of the paper. We are long past the days when a newspaper editor sets his own type.

JPLoM
While a complete list of all people let go has not been released (and I don't think need to be), the DesNews television, film and music critics have in fact been let go and since then I have realized that there is really no point in going to the entertainment section of the paper's website. As I mentioned, I very much enjoyed these journalists' passion for and knowledge of their subjects, and there are plenty of other places to find articles by national writers.