Media General, owner of the Winston-Salem Journal, The Tampa Tribune and 19 other daily newspapers, told employees Friday they must take off five more unpaid days by the end of the year, according to Editor & Publisher.
The five are in addition to 10 furlough days already assessed, for a total of three weeks of pay that the publisher has withheld from employees this year.
Employees must take one day by the end of September (the end of third quarter), and four during fourth quarter, the report says.
The publisher blames “last-minute advertiser cancellations and deferrals of planned spending” by other advertisers.
In addition to instituting layoffs, pay cuts and wage freezes, McClatchy Co., Gannett and other newspaper publishers have furloughed employees this year to save money.