Assistant Professor Jacobson offers take on Philly newspaper contracts – WHYY

The new owners of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com are still working out a contract with the company’s manual workers. Assistant Professor Susan Jacobson, JOUR, says they need to balance their economic situation with the legacy of the newspapers.

“The reality is, you have people who have worked for the Daily News and the Inquirer for many, many years and to just casually let them go is kind of cruel and heartless,” she says.

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