A2: Ann Arbor Observer

The Ann Arbor Observer has laid off five staff members, according to an article posted on the publication’s website. Says publisher Patricia Garcia: “They’re all good people who have contributed tremendously to the Observer’s publications. By sharing in a staff-wide pay freeze, they helped us adjust to a 10 percent decline in advertising sales last year. Just in the last two months, however, sales for the monthly Ann Arbor Observer have dropped another 20 percent.” [Source]