Get this - the Saturday Morning Intell is going to have the New Era Opinion/Editorial page opposite the Intell OP ED page! So much for the so-called "separate" newspapers!

So on top of canning five employees, dropping an edition of the New Era, LNP is also going to RAISE the price of the classified ads!

9:30 AM - UPDATE: NO SATURDAY PAPER! Four writers GONE and one copy editor TO BE ANNOUNCED!

8 AM - Is Lancaster Newspaper losing "Faith & Values"? Yesterday at 12:30 PM there were two important, simultaneous meetings held at Lancaster Newspaper's office on 8 W. King Street. The Sunday News and the Lancaster New Era staff each met in their respective newsrooms. Sunday News Editor Marv Adams met with his staff, while Harold "Chip" Miller, president and CEO, met with the New Era staff. The reason? To share the revenue problems the newspapers are experiencing and to announce that FIVE New Era employees were GONE!

The Sunday News staff were told of the layoffs and that they would have to work harder and longer hours. Both the newspapers have experienced a DECREASE in their circulation figures while the Intell has increased by just a handful.

For years the New Era traded on it's "Republican" leaning "values" but as the county has increased in population, fewer and fewer people have stepped up to buy their Associated-Press-laden, morning-paper- regurgitation, establishment-pushing dribble.

The Steinman message to it's employees? Happy Holidays! Permanent Link - http://5thEstate.com/071109.htm