Las Vegas Optic

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 3:14pm on Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

On January 27, 2009, the editor of the Las Vegas Optic announced that the newspaper's long history as a daily is about to end:

"The Las Vegas Optic announced today that it will be reducing its publication frequency from five days a week to three.

The Optic, which currently publishes Mondays through Fridays, will begin a Monday-Wednesday-Friday publication schedule by March 2, editor and publisher Tom McDonald announced.

“Economic circumstances necessitate the change. We’ve got to cut expenses,” McDonald said.

McDonald said the newspaper reduced its workforce by attrition last year — by the equivalent of about four full-time positions. No layoffs are scheduled at this time, he said, though the newspaper has carrier contracts that will likely be ended as the newspaper moves to mailed deliveries.

The Optic currently has 21 full- and part-time employees. It also has contracts with more than a dozen carriers delivering to homes in San Miguel, Mora and Guadalupe counties.

The Optic’s subscription rates will go down as a result of the frequency reduction. The adjusted rates will be announced in February, McDonald said.

According to its Statement of Ownership filed Oct. 1, the Optic had a total paid circulation of 4,359."