Furloughs, Furloughs, Everywhere

Advance Publications is implementing mandatory 10-day furloughs at nearly all its daily papers outside Michigan, E&P reports. This includes The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J.; The Plain Dealer in Cleveland; The Oregonian in Portland; The Times-Picayune in New Orleans; and The Staten Island (N.Y.) Advance, as well as the chain’s dailies in Syracuse, N.Y.; Birmingham, Ala.; and Harrisburg, Pa. Employees at these papers will also have their pensions frozen in exchange for an increase in their 401(k) match.