In an article today in the Chicago Tribune, staff members of the LGBT newspaper and website the Chicago Free Press and bailing out as paychecks have been late and owed since mid-November.The art director, graphic designer and most of the writers at the Chicago Free Press left the gay publication Monday after the company stopped paying its employees, according to Matt Simonette, who also left his position as editor.
The news follows financial struggles and decreased ad sales for the paper, which is geared toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
Simonette said Tuesday that editorial contributors had not been paid since mid-November and staff members had not received paychecks that were due Dec. 15. Other former employees said paychecks had not come on time in the past."The senior staff did not resign; it was just simply a matter of leaving because of non-payment," Simonette said.
The company's Web site lists about 20 employees at the newspaper, which has a weekly circulation of 23,000 to 26,000.
However in a bit of good news as reported on this Publisher's blog Focus On The Rainbow at Hearst Newspapers, a new newspaper is getting ready to hit the racks starting in January in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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