Best guess - 56 hours biweekly. Editor should wake up...
Assuming that’s true, he said he’s losing about $300/month when going from 79 to 56 [biweekly]. That means that he’s getting paid $6.52 per hour?
The loss is likely bi-weekly too and after taxes. I would guess about $900 in monthly income loss.
I’m assuming they made another good - $300 a week instead of a month would make more sense.