Tribune Company Turns Its Axe on the Alt-Weekly World

You may not have known this–we actually just found out–but all the while the Zell-era Tribune Company was busy hacking away at the staff and credibility of the LA Times, they were doing the same to a few small, alt-weekly properties in Connecticut–the Hartford and New Haven Advocates and the Fairfield County Weekly. The Times has largely staved off further assaults since then. But the slaughter continues in Connecticut, reports the New Haven Independent.

The Tribune Company just laid off New Haven Advocate publisher Joshua Mamis as well as two graphic designers.

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