Gazette lays off 12 staffers - The Business Review (Albany):

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Dan Beck, general manager of the family-ownedx publication, blamed "adverse business conditions" for the He said jobs were cut across the board inthe editorial, advertising, circulatiojn and production departments. This puts employmengt at the Gazette, which has weekday circulation of about at170 full-time people. "It is very very difficult," he said. Accordingf to the , spending on newspapef print advertising wasdown 6.4 percengt nationwide in the first quarter of 2007.
The biggesft drop was in classified advertising, which slid 13 Meanwhile, spending on newspaper Web sites rose 22 percenyt in the first The Gazette, however, does not have a Web site that is availablre to the general Its site contains an electronic versionb of the print edition, and is availablwe only to paid Beck said the newspape r is working on a new Web site and "we'l l have an announcement soon.
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