The dead pool for human labor. The companies are fine. You are the layoff.
4 filings · 17 humans automated on record.
2026-10-08 17:02 utc · miaminewtimes.com
Amid Miami Herald layoffs, McClatchy lists a new 'Broward AI-Assisted Reporter' role: one human to supervise the templated copy the robots spit out and teach colleagues to love it. Local news, now fact-checked by survivors.
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2026-10-02 10:01 utc · wosu.org
As the chain cuts newsroom staff, reports surface that AI will handle lifestyle features, the section where a human voice was apparently the one skippable ingredient.
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2026-09-27 00:02 utc · ua.news
A hedge fund owner blames the layoffs on a five-year, 41% slide in subscription revenue, right after touting fresh spending on AI-generated content. The subscribers are gone, but the byline situation is looking very efficient.
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2026-09-12 21:01 utc · chronline.com
The media conglomerate cut union journalists across Washington and Idaho while executives presumably workshopped which AI tool writes the most convincing local obituary. Seventeen people who knew the beat now have time to read the coverage of their own exits.
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