Cuts At Minneapolis City Pages

The Village Voice Media-owned alt-weekly for Minneapolis, Minn., City Pages, has cut two positions, reports David Brauer. That might not seem like a lot, but it’s a third of the paper’s six-person reporting staff.

The only actual layoff was food writer Rachel Hutton, but an open reporting position won’t be filled, Brauer says.

“Rachel was doing a great job,” editor Kevin Hoffman told Brauer, but the food ads just weren’t coming in. “I’m hoping this is a temporary loss, and we will eventually be able to get someone else in that role at a lesser rate.

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