The Washington Post and washingtonpost.com will create one organization starting Jan. 1, 2010, the Washington Business Journal reports, citing a memo that Post publisher Katharine Weymouth sent to employees.
The Washington Post and the Washington Post Digital organization, which operates washingtonpost.com, will be integrated into The Washington Post, the Business Journal says.
The Post has anticipated the integration, and Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli announced a major reorganization plan in April, saying a
"single editor ultimately ought to be able to oversee all versions of a story, whether it appears in print, online or on a BlackBerry or iPhone."
This Washington City Paper story from 2008 explains the Post's difficulties running two separate newsrooms.
Will it help overcome a
Will it help overcome a disastrous 2009? Weymouth promised shareholders at last week’s meeting that she is taking steps to “cut losses dramatically” following a loss of $143 million in the first half of 2009 and that everything possible was being done to reverse the losses without harming long-time viability. But in a stark slide in her presentation, she said, “Doing business as we do it today is not sustainable. We must reduce our costs further. We must reduce our costs fast.” This isn’t likely to make much of a dent now.
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