Posted on 03/10/2006 8:28:15 AM PST by abb
NEW YORK The Washington Post plans to cut at least 80 newsroom jobs through attrition and buyouts, according to sources at the paper who said editors began giving staffers the bad news on Thursday in meetings and will continue today.
"My understanding is that the editors and managing editors brought this up with other issues of downsizing, but with no layoffs," said one source in the metro staff, which got first word of the news in a meeting Thursday. "It looks like through attrition and buyouts."
Another source in the national staff said a meeting was being held this morning to give them the bad news, with similar gatherings throughout the day. "Eighty through attrition and buyouts," the source said. "They are going staff by staff."
The paper has about 800 editorial employees, many represented by the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild. Rick Weiss, a Post reporter and Guild unit chair at the paper, could not be reached for comment this morning.
Other cost cuts also are being rumored, including the eventual closing of at least two foreign bureaus and changes to some other overseas bureaus that would have staffers working out of their homes.
Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. and Publisher Bo Jones did not return calls seeking comment.
Post spokesman Eric Grant offered no comment when asked about the pending cuts or any official announcement, saying only, "not at this point." Joe Strupp (jstrupp@editorandpublisher.com) is a senior editor at E&P.
Tarpits claim more victims.
Dead tree dinosaur lying media going out of business. A twofer ... have a nice weekend.
"Bush, Israel Blamed."
WaPo supplies it, we just don't demand it. Price equalibrium gets adjusted downward. The market works.
I have no confidence that reducing staff will improve either the quality of their reporting or their objectivity.
and look at the cowards hide from further explanation and disclosure. Hypocrites.
Maybe they're going to outsource to India or Pakistan!
Here's an idea for them - report the news, layoff the front page editorials.
Those who work with TWP know that the budget has been pretty fat for a while ( you have to see the spending to believe it), it was just a matter of time before some re-structuring happened. The bad news is that they are still quite profitable and this really doesn't amount to anything.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step..."
The paper has about 800 editorial employees Marxist, hate-America propagandists...]
Fixed.
But there's a market out there for liberal media ...
The dark cloud/silver lining thingy comes to mind, hehehe....
I have a suggestion, just to show you that we Americans are not xenophobes but simply concerned about our security, we want to offer you the ownership of the Washington Post and other papers like it. New York Times? I will assure this is a done deal. Not one of us will raise an eyebrow, since these paper(s) are already as anti-American and blame-America-first, as you can find. They will probably love to be owned by your intrepid business people. Regards, A segment of the American People who appreciate your business.
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