Posted on 05/07/2012 1:22:37 PM PDT by abb
I received multiple tips late Thursday about layoffs at the New York Times, including this report:
More than 50 people were laid off on the corporate side. The layoffs include George Freeman, one of their well-known in-house lawyers. The worry is this is just the begginning of cuts — and that the company is putting pressure on the unions. Several of the people who were laid off were minorities, including African Americans and Hispanics.
Another tipster says of Freeman: He was “one of the two go-to guys on news-department legal matters, from story vetting to fighting First Amendment cases. The entire legal floor is in shock. Reportedly, nobody had advance inkling. (Don’t know if George did or not).”
I have emailed Freeman — he was Times Co. assistant general counsel — for comment. (UPDATE: He says he’s “saddened and shocked” by the Times’ decision to lay him off.)
I asked the Times about the layoffs and got this confirmation from corporate communications senior vice president Robert Christie:
Yes, there were non-newsroom layoffs announced Wednesday in corporate and business-side positions and this was to adjust to the changing business environment and maintain our financial health.
In a follow-up email, I asked about the number and the Freeman report. “I won’t confirm anyone by name but the 50 positions, not employees number is correct,” said Christie.
If he's not found in his office, after eating a snub-nose .38.
Mrs. Kruggie on the left...
Great news!
I want everybody who works for the Democrat newsrooms to lose their jobs, their homes, their life savings, and their families. For the damage they have done to this nation they deserve nothing less.
The New York Times is horrible and anti-Tree.
Save trees.
Read news on FR.
“Innumerate” is the word you are looking for. Most journalists are in the category.
Kudos to NYT management for trimming the fat.
Why, thank you! I always prided myself in having a relatively wide vocabulary, having been a voracious reader for nearly 60 years, but that is a new word for me.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/innumerate
in·nu·mer·ate
adj: marked by an ignorance of mathematics and the scientific approach
Reading the ABC release from March, the NYT is up 73% in subscribers primarily because of digital. Those digital subscribers must not be worth very much. Either that or the Ochs/Sulzbergers are wanting that dividend check again.
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