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As the Chicago Tribune cuts jobs and reorganizes its structure, its becoming clear that writing jobs in Connecticut may be trimmed in the process.

The AP reports that the top executive at the Chicago Tribune will oversee six other Tribune Co. daily newspapers as part of a reorganization that will eliminate an unspecified number of jobs.

The Chicago Tribune is reportedly losing administrative jobs in Chicago, but that’s just a portion of the layoffs.

Chicago Tribune Publisher Tony Hunter responsibility for all Tribune Co. newspapers except the Los Angeles Times. The other newspapers reporting to Hunter are the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel, The Sun of Baltimore, The Hartford (Conn.) Courant, The Morning Call of Allentown, Pa., and Daily Press of Newport News, Va.

Now much of the Tribune Co.-owned Hartford Courant will be made in Chicago.

According to the Tribune, Gannett, Media General and Tribune Co. are among the larger companies ramping up centralized editing, which is hailed by some as a necessary evolution and decried by others as weakening local journalism.

Sports network ESPN made the announcement last week that it is hiring for marketing jobs in Connecticut, among other opportunities.

The network is expanding it’s Bristol-based headquarters by 270 jobs total.

Their Connecticut workforce will increase 5 percent to 4,100 employees.

ESPN is in the process of shifting its ESPN The Magazine work to Connecticut and moving 125 jobs to Bristol, Connecticut, from New York City. (more…)

New Connecticut media jobs will be created when the NBC show Deal or No Deal begins shooting a daytime version of the game show in Connecticut instead of Los Angeles.

Howie Mandel, who hosts the Friday night version of the show, also will appear in the shorter daytime episodes. According to an article by the Hartford Courant, the second season of the show will begin taping at Sonalysts studios in Waterford this fall. Endemol USA, the show’s producer, has leased 15,000-square-feet of space for an undisclosed amount of time.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell said, ” (the show will bring) dozens of new, high-end production jobs and bring millions of dollars in added revenue to the state’s economy,” although NBC and Endemol have not provided specific numbers. According to an estimate by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Connecticut will spend $90 million on credits for the show this fiscal year.

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Amidst a trend that has been far too frequent as of late, some Connecticut media jobs have been cut.

Hearst Corporation recently announced that it has cut 44 jobs at its Connecticut newspapers and plans to eliminate another 80 positions in the next three months. The cuts are all part of a consolidation and cost-cutting effort, according to an article by The Advocate.

Of the jobs to be cut, about 25 percent will fall in the newsroom, with the rest of the cuts distributed throughout the rest of the company’s operations. However, fewer than 10 percent of the cuts will affect reporters.

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One of the nation’s largest television stations could soon create media jobs in Connecticut.

NBC Universal is looking into a project with the State of Connecticut that would result in a large television production studio at the Rich Forum Theater in Stamford. If finalized, the project could create between 150 and 200 jobs and invest more than $3 million in the local economy.

“This is terrific news for the state and for Stamford – it will bring much-needed jobs, revenue and excitement and we’re proud as a peacock to pull it off,” Governor M. Jodi Rell said in a press release. “This is good news at a time when we need good news, and my administration will continue to do all it can to bring good, dependable jobs to the state.

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