Citizen-Times posts story on newspaper changes

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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The Asheville Citizen-Times has now posted a brief story about changes to its newspaper. In this morning’s print edition, Publisher Randy Hammer laid out the changes, which I describe here, on the front page of the newspaper. I also chastised the newspaper for not putting the story online. 

Looks like the story, in a revised version, got posted at 12:35 p.m.

The Rocky Mount Telegram immediately picked it up, apparently through the Associated Press. It posted this story:

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Asheville Citizen-Times has cut and condensed some sections of the newspaper as it deals with declining advertising revenue.

Citizen-Times Publisher Randy Hammer said Monday a drop in ad sales led to the decision to combine sections on some days and eliminate the classified section on Mondays and Tuesdays.

The newspaper has also closed its Asheville printing facility. About 60 jobs were eliminated after the facility printed its last edition Saturday.

The newspaper will now be printed at The Greenville News in South Carolina, also a newspaper owned by Gannett Co. Hammer said many printing employees were offered and accepted jobs in Greenville.