DETROIT, MI. (AP) -- A union official says Detroit's newspapers plan to cut 9 percent of their work force and offer fewer days of home delivery at a time of slumping revenue industrywide.
Teamsters' Local 372 secretary-treasurer Ron Renaud says it's unclear where the cuts will fall at the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News. He spoke after a meeting Tuesday with Detroit Media Partnership executives.
Renaud says the Free Press will be delivered Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays starting in March, while The News will be delivered Thursdays and Fridays. He says the papers still will be printed and sold at newsstands. Readers also will be able to get the papers in a digital edition.
The News doesn't publish a Sunday paper.
The Detroit Media Partnership runs the business operations of the papers. It plans a news conference later Tuesday to announce changes.
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