Freep Nixing In-House Film Critic Position

As print journalism continue to struggle, are in-house, full time movie critics at newspapers yesterday’s — for lack of a better word –news? The well-respected film critic Terry Lawson of the Gannett-owned Detroit Free Press, in a round of cost-cutting, has been offered a voluntary buyout of his contract. He will not be replaced. From Defamer:

” We called the Detroit Free Press this morning and learned from a (very confused) HR rep that ‘We are not planning on replacing [Terry Lawson] at this time.’

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