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Large-Scale Media Layoffs Lead to Coverage Questions Regarding Freelancers, Syndicators

Laying off full-time journalists in favor of relying on freelancers and syndicated content providers has become an increasingly common strategy for media companies seeking to maintain their profits.

By James Murdock | Updated on January 13, 2012

Laying off full-time journalists in favor of relying on freelancers and syndicated content providers has become an increasingly common strategy for media companies seeking to maintain their profits.

Nearly 16,000 layoffs and buyouts at newspapers occurred in 2008, for instance, according to the “Paper Cuts” blog, which tracks job losses at newspapers, and nearly 3,800 were let go or bought out in 2011.

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