The downsizing continues at Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, publishers of the Los Gatos Weekly Times, as the company confirms it is laying off four people this week. Executive editor Dale Bryant chalked the move up to the economy, saying SVCN is cutting back for the same reason everyone in the industry is laying off people.
Bryant put an optimistic spin on the news. “I think we will still be able to continue doing what we are doing,” she said. “Everyone will work harder. But in an economy like this, we have to take some blows.”
On Tuesday, another blow struck, with the announcement that SVCN is discontinuing its Weekender publications in Los Gatos and West San Jose. SVCN publishes 11 weekly newspapers in Santa Clara County, including the Weekly-Times, Willow Glen Resident, Sunnyvale Sun and Cupertino Courier.
The company, once part of the locally owned Metro Newspapers group, became a separate company in 2003, under the ownership of former Metro publisher David Cohen. It was purchased by Knight-Ridder in 2005. The following year, following a complex series of purchases and swaps among the nation’s biggest newspaper chains, it became part of Dean Singleton’s MediaNews empire.
Bryant said she isn’t sure how many positions have been eliminated in the past year, and she also wouldn’t say how much money the recent cuts will save the company. In December, longtime local newspaperman Cohen was laid off as the publisher and CEO of the company.
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