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April 10, 2008 - 12:17am

The 'How The Mighty Have Fallen' Diner

By Rob Tornoe
Tags: Sonics, Seattle Times, Seattle SuperSonics, Seattle Sonics, job cuts, BoeingTop Story: Opinion

And here's the sketch:

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Eric Devericks

posted by RobTornoe

Yes, it's sad because like many newspapers, the Seattle Times feels the best way to compete for readers against another strong daily in the same city is to weaken its product by getting rid of great talent, Eric being one.

Here is a post at the Daily Cartoonist about the situation:
http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/04/08/seattle-times-to-cut-eri...

And here is a link to a great article at the San Francisco Chronicle written by Jon Carroll about the era of jub cuts at newspapers. It's a must read:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/10/DDJG10207R.D...

04/13/08 12:39 am

Funny (sad) even more

posted by sea

Funny (sad) even more because the Times ed cartoonist is among the layoffs.

04/11/08 2:20 pm

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