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‘Tampa Trib’ Staff Shrinks by 50

The Tampa Tribune is laying off 11 newsroom staffers; the newsroom will eventually shrink by 50 employees under the current cost-cutting measures.

Television station WFLA, also operated by Florida Communications Group, will also lose staffers, shrinking by about 10 news positions by the end of the year, writes Tampa Bay Online.

Tribune publisher and president Denise Palmer blames the cost-cutting measures on the economic malaise and the impact of the internet.

Wachovia analyst John Janedis recently downgraded his predictions for total newspaper ad revenue this year. Newspaper ad revenue will slip 10.4 percent this year and 6.5 percent in 2009, he says. Previously, Janedis had predicted a 9.2 percent decline this year and a 3.6 percent slip next year, writes the AP.