This article critically considers the implications of the recent phase of capitalist production modes in the production routines of a newspaper in Rio Grande do Sul. It is a case study in which data collection was based on bibliographic research, six semi-structured interviews with journalists and non-participative observation. As a theoretical exercise, the passage from fordist to post-fordist stages of capital will be dealt with, emphasizing the concept of time compression. The newspaper deadline and the changes in journalistic activity are analyzed. And, an inter-relationship is traced between the present production routines of industrial journalism and the emergence of immaterial work in the recent stages of capital. Through studies of subjectivity in work, the reactions of the journalists themselves to the transformations in the work organization within the editorial staff are analyzed.
Immaterial work; psychological suffering; time; subjectivity