The Issaquah Press will print its final issue next month, ending the Eastside newspaper’s 117-year run and bringing the latest wave of job cuts to Seattle-area news outlets.
The Sammamish Review, the SnoValley Star and the Newcastle News will also cease publication in February. All are owned by the Issaquah Press Group, a subsidiary of The Seattle Times.
A total of 12 people will be laid off: seven newsroom employees, four in advertising, and one in operations, Charles Horton, general manager of the Issaquah Press, told staff members in a meeting Thursday.
Horton said the company spent months looking for tweaks to the business model that could keep the newspapers afloat. Ultimately, he said, expectations for a continued swoon in print newspaper advertising outweighed the savings they could expect with more cuts.
