Daily News Has a 'Secret Web Project'

Kind of embarrassing.

The New York Daily News is trying everything (well, aside from reducing print frequency) in an effort to stop losing roughly $30 million a year. Aside from cutting many veteran staffers, the News has a “secret web project” underway.

According to the New York Post, the News has 30 young staffers working in a Jersey City warehouse “being trained to do lists and aggregate material from other sites.” The staffers are under the watch of deputy digital editor Robert Shields.

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