Sarah Fenske, executive editor of the Riverfront Times, becomes emotional as she picks up the just-delivered, latest copy of the RFT, in the alternative weekly’s office on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in St. Louis. Earlier in the day, Fenske had to inform all employees that they were laid off.
ST. LOUIS — The Riverfront Times, St. Louis' alternative weekly newspaper, has been sold and its entire staff laid off, several employees said Wednesday on social media posts and to the Post-Dispatch.
A Riverfront Times box displays the final edition of the alternative weekly newspaper, outside the RFT’s office in The Hill neighborhood of St. Louis on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
Sarah Fenske, the executive editor of the Riverfront Times, carries a box of papers out of her office to her car on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The Riverfront Times was sold to an undisclosed new owner, who laid off all the staff on Wednesday.
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Sarah Fenske, executive editor of the Riverfront Times, becomes emotional as she picks up the just-delivered, latest copy of the RFT, in the alternative weekly’s office on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in St. Louis. Earlier in the day, Fenske had to inform all employees that they were laid off.
A Riverfront Times box displays the final edition of the alternative weekly newspaper, outside the RFT’s office in The Hill neighborhood of St. Louis on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
Sarah Fenske, the executive editor of the Riverfront Times, carries a box of papers out of her office to her car on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The Riverfront Times was sold to an undisclosed new owner, who laid off all the staff on Wednesday.
