Report: ‘Courier-Post’ Lays Off Mascot

The Courier-Post recently ended a round of layoffs, and the last one was surely the toughest: The paper has fired its mascot, Spot News.

The paper probably still has the 30-pound dog suit, but the employee who had to labor in it is gone. The Gannett Blog also gets another story from the tipster: That of the officewide prayer circle.

“In other strange news, I witnessed my first newsroom prayer circle yesterday. After the newsroom was notified it was spared, the metro editor summoned everyone into the conference room. He then asked everyone to pray with him for our colleagues who lost their jobs. I quickly exited the room. Other people also were pissed.”

Eh. Gotta find salvation somewhere — why not a more convenient conference room than a church?

In Cherry Hill, ‘Spot News’ goes [Gannett Blog]