Nah. Maybe poorly worded, but not mean. The Buffalo News, like the other papers won't close completely, it would still be online and many of the people would find employment elsewhere fairly easily in the media world.
Even Sullivan would find another job, as people who do the job he does of irritating people seems to be the most important job nowadays, which is a shame. What people need to realize, is that he, like the evil muppets on wgr 55, play characters and aren't really bad people when they get to be themselves.