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News industry woes may lead to layoffs at Isthmus

Isthmus, a Madison weekly newspaper, is considering layoffs to cut costs in the wake of the advertising-draining technological revolution that is shaking the news industry.

“We are making plans that may involve layoffs. Nothing is decided,” Isthmus Publisher Vince O’Hern said Monday. “It may involve some people taking leaves, and some people not being on staff anymore.”

Quoted: Professor James Baughman, director of the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication