 On July 28, 2011, seven staff positions were eliminated from "The Herald-Sun" newsroom, leaving a fewer than 20 editorial staff positions at the Durham paper.In the course announcing the layoffs, Publisher Rick Bean also announced that, as of August 14, 2011, production duties, namely page design and copy editing, would be shifted from Durham-based staff to the staff of the Owensboro "Messenger-Inquirer", in Kentucky.On September 25, 2013, there was yet another staff reduction, with six staffers sent packing including two in the newsroom.