Posted on 11/16/2005 6:56:47 PM PST by george76
In the latest high-profile round of job cuts in the newspaper industry, the Los Angeles Times announced Wednesday it is cutting about 85 newsroom jobs, or approximately 8 percent of its editorial staff.
Some of the cuts already have come through attrition and some will come through a voluntary separation program, editor Dean Baquet wrote in an e-mail to staff. The balance will come through layoffs by year's end.
Employees have until Nov. 25 to apply for the voluntary program, the terms of which were to be detailed to the paper's staff later Wednesday.
Baquet blamed the newsroom cuts on rising newsprint costs and declining revenue - challenges familiar to the newspaper industry.
Like many newspapers, the Times, which is owned by Chicago-based Tribune Co., has been experiencing circulation declines: For the six-month period ended Sept. 30, the paper's average weekday circulation declined nearly 4 percent to 843,432 copies.
"Still, this is our second straight year of staff reductions, and this is a painful announcement to make," ...
Morton noted newspapers across the country, including The New York Times, have been making similar job cuts.
In September, The New York Times Co. said it would cut about 500 jobs across its company, or 4 percent of its work force; Philadelphia's two major newspapers said they would cut a combined 100 jobs.
Earlier this month, The (Baltimore) Sun said it would cut 75 jobs, or 5 percent of its work force, with 12 to 15 expected to come from the newsroom. The Sun also is owned by Tribune Co.
The San Jose Mercury News, owned by Knight-Ridder, cut 16 percent of tis newsroom staff earlier this month ...
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I did my part by cutting my subscription about thirty years ago.
Good ridance LAT.
If only they'd fire the board.
Incompetence and lack of public trust.
If I buy a parakeet, I'll buy an edition once a week. If I buy a fishstore and lose the ability to read, I might go for a full subscription.
La times ha ha ha
Good news. Let these people get a real job in the real world or go back to college to learn something about history and economics.
You are on the right track, although I would go lower than the board level, to senior and middle managers. It is the big sh*ts who are responsible for what the LAT is and has become, and it will be the small-time farts who will be hit with this layoff.
It is a good start.
Baquet blamed the newsroom cuts on Freerepublic.com
I can dream can't I.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
:)
The old lawyer now MSM joke....Q. What do you call 75 lawyers (reporters) dead on the bottom of the lake? A. A good start.
:)
Nice picture.
Readers tired of the constant Bush bashing.
Love it.
They should do a story on all the draconian cuts in the newspaper industry.
Oh I think an article on tenure might be good about now. LOL
Course taking corporate bastards to task would be timely. Might be a good way to severe the business relationship too.
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