The Johnson County Sun shuts down, lays off 20 employees
More depressing newspaper news: The Johnson County Sun has shut down production and laid off 20 staffers. This is news that is all too familiar to those of us in the newspaper industry.
Sun employees learned Tuesday “that the paper was suspending operation indefinitely,” according to The Kansas City Star.
Lee Sawyer, the executive vice president and chief operating officer of parent company NPG Newspapers Inc., told the Star that the paper had been losing money for years, although it was moving closer to becoming profitable.
