From the Sioux Falls Business Journal:
Argus Leader Media announced leadership and staffing changes Tuesday, in conjunction with similar moves occurring at many of parent company Gannett’s 109 local sites.
and..
An Argus Leader staff reduction Tuesday also included eight additional employees in the organization.
and…
In an unrelated move, Patrick Lalley is no longer the Argus Leader’s news director. His last day was Oct. 21.
I caught wind of the firings, but it was more than interesting that they note separately and very specifically that news director Patrick Lalley, who came to his position in March, has been removed as news director… and that removal had absolutely nothing to do with “the announced leadership and staffing changes,” citing it as occurring “in an unrelated move.”
Maybe they should start handing our coconut torches at the Argus, like they do in Survivor?
Bonus – updates on people being fired left and right over there make me think it’s ran like this…
The Lalley situation will come to light. It involves another Argus employee.
Will be interesting to find out who the other layoffs/firings involved. Particularly if it includes any of the political folks (Ferguson, Ellis, Whitney).
Stu looks to have survived the cuts as AL just published a Stu piece regarding Amendment V.
Did Mr. Lalley go insaner on somebody? I figured they fired him for his sudden yelling and things on their TV show but if he’s doing bad things at work well then that’s a whole other thing.