"Digital-first" model means layoffs of 600 newspaper employees in New Orleans, Alabama | Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

On Tuesday, June 12, 600 newspaper employees were laid off in New Orleans and Alabama — and no, that’s not a record, reported Poynter, illustrating just how deeply troubled the newspaper industry is as cuts are made to compensate for declining ad revenue and circulation resulting from readers’ transition from print to the Internet.