"There was a land of Publishers and Editors called the Newspaper Business... Here in this pretty world Journalism took its last bow... Here was the last ever to be seen of Reporters and their Enablers, of Anonymous Sources and of Stringers... Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered. A Civilization Gone With the Wind..."
With apologies to Margaret Mitchell...
Wonder which half they kept?
"They're professionals, they're positive and they're looking forward to serving the community with a quality paper."
As opposed to the Mercury News.
FYI...most management, in instituting layoffs, follows the exampel of real-estate developers. Someone buys a piece of land, wants to build 25 homes on it..He first submits a proposal to the planning board for, say, 50 homes on the site. Hearing are held, neighbors object, the usual reasons..valid or not, traffic, schools, NIMBY, etc. He then comes back with a REDUCED proposal for only 25 homes. Everyone is happy....neighbors "win" their victory, planning board and town council can get re-elected next time, and the developer has what he origianlly wanted..That's how the game is played. I suspect that the paper's management got what it originally wanted THIS time..They'll get the rest in about a year..