It’s no secret that American media companies have lost both readership and revenues in recent years — resulting in newsroom layoffs and, in some cases, an increasingly corporatized approach to operations.
And now we’re seeing reports on sometimes questionable media management — from the employees of those very outlets. In recent weeks, writers at Univision, The Denver Post, Newsweek and elsewhere have produced hard-edged exposés of their own shops, detailing accusations of mismanagement, business interference in coverage decisions and the ill effects of an ongoing cycle of layoffs.
“It appears to be a matter of a ‘We’re-likely-screwed-already-so-we’ve-got-nothing-to-lose’ mentality,” Joe Concha, a media reporter for TheHill, told TheWrap.