Posted on 07/02/2008 2:45:11 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
The Los Angeles Times today announced plans to cut 250 positions across the company, including 150 positions in editorial, in a new effort to bring expenses into line with declining revenue. In a further cost-cutting step, the paper will reduce the number of pages it publishes each week by 15%.
"You all know the paradox we find ourselves in," Times Editor Russ Stanton said in a memo to the staff. "Thanks to the Internet, we have more readers for our great journalism than at any time in our history. But also thanks to the Internet, our advertisers have more choices, and we have less money."
He also noted that the poor economy had struck particularly hard at the California housing market, traditionally a robust source of advertising revenue for The Times.
The cuts reflect conditions across the newspaper industry, which is confronting sharply deteriorating print advertising revenues. Although online ad revenues are rising, they have not made up for the losses. Amid the current nationwide economic slowdown, the prospects are for continued revenue shrinkage through the end of this year.
Times Publisher David Hiller said the goal of the cuts was to "get to where we need to be for the long term. We want to get ahead of the economy that's been rolling down on us and get to a size that will be sustainable." He said the size of the reductions was predicated on the expectation that the economy would "bottom out and reach equilibrium" early next year. The editorial staff cuts will be among 250 positions cut across all departments of The Times, including circulation, marketing and advertising, Hiller said. Companywide employment will be about 3,000 after the reductions, he said.
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July’s 1st round of layoffs
Now that warms the cockles of my heart!
Hey, when you’re making up the news from whole cloth, and uncritically publishing radicals’ press releases, why would you need news gatherers?
It is about time. When will they get the message that people want more than left wing propaganda? I drove past the building on the way from Church last Sunday and would not be upset if it were to disappear.
ROTFLMAO at these demise of the liberal press. So long communists.
they deserve it!
i’m tired of their hate bush journalism.
But how will they mske their phony-baloney polls?
The LA Times had a newsgathering staff?
Who knew?
Seems like they were just sitting there waiting for something to come in over the AP wire, or for some kid in a convenience stor to phone it in.
Their capabilities would seem to be hardly impaired.
ping
Yo G.D!!!
hahahahahahhahahahhahahhahahahhaahahhahhahahahhahahhaha
How many people does it take to pull stuff off the AP newswire and stick it into their stupid newspaper?
Maybe they can try to get a job at Starbucks ?
/s
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