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Newsroom Cuts at the 'New York Times'
by Jeff Bercovici
Feb 14, 2008
Feb 14, 2008
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller announced, at one of the paper's regular staff talk-backs, plans for another wave of job cuts, including, according to three sources, the elimination of 100 newsroom positions. That's about 7 percent of the newsroom. Keller will hold three separate meetings today to break the news to the staff.
"We did have a meeting today and Bill Keller announced that the newsroom size will be lower by approximately 100 jobs by the end of this year," says a Times spokeswoman. "He said it will be achieved primarily through attrition and buyouts but layoffs are possible." ...
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