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Star-Ledger lays off 167
avatar by Andrew Beaujon Published Apr. 3, 2014 9:50 am Updated Apr. 3, 2014 11:10 am
The Star-Ledger
The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger will cut about 25 percent of its newsroom today, Ted Sherman and Mark Mueller report. Of the 167 cuts total at the paper, about 40 will come from the newsroom. NJ.com is also being hit.
The Advance-owned paper last week announced the creation of a new company called NJ Advance Media. Following the script set at other Advance properties, the new company will publish the Star-Ledger, NJ.com and other newspapers.
The cuts aren’t necessarily immediate, Sherman and Mueller report:
In packets that were being handed out this morning, those being told their jobs were being eliminated were offered severance packages if they agreed to stay with the newspaper until NJ Advance Media, new media company being formed, is up and running.
Couldn’t happen to a better leftist rag; anti-Church, anti-family, the usual suspects...