LA Times Cuts 75 Newsroom Jobs; 10 Percent Of News Staff Laid Off
This story was written by David Kaplan.
Now they're cutting sinew The Los Angeles Times is cutting 75 newsroom jobs, or 10 percent of its news staff, Reuters reported. The layoffs follow a comparable number of cuts on that the Tribune Company newspaper made on its business side, editor Russ Stanton told employees in an e-mail message. He attributed the cuts to the worsening economic conditions and the global financial crisis. This represents the second round of news staff job cuts since July. The paper has offered buyouts and has cut back staff levels in its news operations from a high of some 1,200 a bit less than a decade ago. More to come
By David Kaplan