A Crisis Or A Collapse? Daily Cartoonist Lists 25 Editorial Cartoonist Positions Lost In Three Years

Great piece of quick research by Alan Gardner at Daily Cartoonist notes that 25 cartoonists have lost staff editorial cartooning positions at North American newspaper in the last three years, with only one of the newspapers replacing that person. An additional three cartoonists left syndication. I think the 25 figure is more important than a 28 cartoonist figure because of the real losses involved and the relative ease with which you can add self-syndicating cartoonist to a list in opposition. Please note that while all of them weren't positions eliminated for cost concerns, those that left for personal reasons or after accusations of plagiarism weren't replaced either.

Given that figure estimated for staffed positions hovers around 80 people, this indicates an approximately 25 percent loss over three years no matter if that number takes into account these more recent cuts or if it does not. What's worse, I don't know anyone that thinks it can't go lower, even much lower.
 
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