Joe Dziemianowicz Parts Ways With NY Daily News

These were some brutal layoffs. Always liked reading his reviews!

Critics have no relevance today. Not one reads them. They can't kill a show like they once could. Audiences will see what they want and to hell with critics. And that its why garbage runs for years. Audiences have plebian taste.

Updated On: 7/23/18 at 04:37 PM

Very sad to hear of him losing his gig. I'm sure they're suffering as a result of their paywall, honestly I know I never look at their site anymore because of it. But I still want critics, their opinions need to rise above the noise, whether we agree with them or not.

This has nothing to do with the diminishing power of theatre critics and everything to do with the fact that the new conglomerate that owns the paper laid off half the staff today and plans to make the paper more “Trump friendly” by focusing less on politics. The Daily News was one of the most vocal anti-Trump papers in the northeast.

Are they just going to run the AP theater reviews now? It’s sad that a major NYC paper won’t be covering the arts or have a full-time drama critic on staff.

Updated On: 7/23/18 at 06:58 PM

UncleCharlie said: "adamgreer said: "This has nothing to do with the diminishing power of theatre critics and everything to do with the fact that the new conglomerate that owns the paper laid off half the staff today and plans to make the paper more “Trump friendly” by focusing less on politics. The Daily News was one of the most vocal anti-Trump papers in the northeast.

Are they just going to run the AP theater reviews now? It’s sad that a major NYC paper won’t be co wrong the arts or have a full-time drama critic on staff."

It goes well beyond the arts. This will be their approach to everything. It's all about cutting things to the bone and draining every last nickel out of it. Dramatic cuts on the city desk,local news etc. They had 35 people working in the sports department on Friday. Today they have 9. Yes, 9. The Daily News, one of the 10 largestnewspapers in the entire country will not have beat writers covering the Yankees, the Knicks, the Rangers. They'll just pick up articles from other publications or publish box scores with no analysis. It's unheard-of in the industry. It's shocking, really."

You’re right. It really is unfathomable. The whole thing. I’m shocked the local sports teams won’t have a beat writer anymore. Terrible.

NoName3 said: "The speculation I've been reading today is that management is preparing to end the print edition and exist solely online."

If that’s true, expect Trump to tweet this as some kind of victory for himself. That’ll be the most upsetting part.

Smaxie said: "They had 1 person working in the theatre department on Friday. Today they have 0. And Broadway generates more income for New York City than all of the sports franchises combined."

What a bizarre comparison. it's like comparing apples to sushi. 20-30 Broadway shows open every season and once you've seen a show, you've seen it. You don't need to have a critic at every performance. Every sporting event is different and requires coverage. The New York metro area has 9 pro teams in the 4 major sports that all need to be covered plus soccer and others. That doesn't include college or high school sports. Sorry to drop some reality on you but a lot more people follow New York's pro sports teams than they do theater and that's what sells papers which drives up advertising rates which is what keeps newspapers in business. The loss of their theater critic is terrible as is cutting 75% of the sports department. I have no idea what point you are trying to make.