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May 07 2008 12:00am EDT

L-Day at the 'Times'

Well, you knew this day would arrive. The New York Times is making layoffs in its newsroom -- not voluntary buyouts, but actual, "We have to let you go" layoffs. Executive editor Bill Keller says it's only "a relatively small number" compared to the overall newsroom reduction of 100 jobs," and that everyone who leaves this way "will do so with a financial cushion that should carry them to other endeavors or to retirement."

Gawker has a few names.

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