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The New York Times To Eliminate 100 Newsroom Jobs- Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™
TechCrunch.com ^
| October 9, 2009
| Leena Rao
Posted on 10/19/2009 4:37:24 PM PDT by Stayfree
The New York Times reports today that the paper will cut 8 percent of its newsroom staff, or around 100 people by the end of 2009. Currently, the New York Times employs 1,250 staff members in the news department. The media company is planning to offer buyouts to both union and non-union staff and will need to implement layoffs if they can’t get enough people to participate in the buyout offer.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: deathwatch; layoffs; media; nytimes
FLUSH!
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posted on
10/19/2009 4:37:26 PM PDT
by
Stayfree
To: abb
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posted on
10/19/2009 4:44:28 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: Stayfree
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posted on
10/19/2009 4:44:47 PM PDT
by
blueyon
(It is worth taking a stand even if you are standing alone!)
To: Stayfree
Looks like Carlos Slim is working his magic...
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posted on
10/19/2009 4:45:03 PM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: Stayfree
They're really feeling the “Pinch” over there. Shame.
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posted on
10/19/2009 4:49:09 PM PDT
by
Shqipo
(A whiff of blowback is in the air.)
To: Shqipo
Obamma will come to the rescue, have no fear. he will change the ink from black(could be racist ya know) to bright red(what else from a socialist)
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posted on
10/19/2009 4:58:24 PM PDT
by
shadeaud
("If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten." -- George Carlin)
To: Stayfree
Will Maureen Dowd be (hopefully) one of them?
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posted on
10/19/2009 4:58:28 PM PDT
by
Signalman
To: Stayfree
How disgusting! The New York Times is shamefully balancing their corporate books on the backs of the little guys.
/S
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posted on
10/19/2009 5:08:32 PM PDT
by
RJL
To: Stayfree
Zero will bail them out and add them to the government media pool like ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN and the list goes on ...
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posted on
10/19/2009 5:15:55 PM PDT
by
fujimoh
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