Two stories in today’s N&O point to where things are headed.

• A front-page story by Mark Johnson. Previously, he and other Charlotte Observer staffers were identified as “Charlotte Observer.” Today, he was identified as “staff writer.”

• The Business section said the McClatchy chain, which owns the N&O and Observer, will begin layoffs Monday.

Already, Johnson and other Observer staffers in Raleigh have moved into the N&O building. And the papers’ political staffs are operating as one unit.

Are we going to have one combined newspaper?

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