Boston Globe cuts newsroom staff by 24 (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

Boston Glob ^ | March 21, 2007 | Martin Baron

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Boston Globe editor Martin Baron sent the following note to the staff today concerning employee buyouts in the newsroom:

To the staff:

I’d like to update you on the buyout.

We have accepted buyout applications from 24 of our colleagues in the newsroom. A handful of buyout applications were approved over the last several weeks, and some people already have left the Globe. The vast majority are being notified of their acceptance today, and they will leave the newsroom on various dates over the next few months. The dates have been set so that the newsroom has time to adjust to their departures.

It is always difficult to say goodbye to co-workers and friends. Wonderful people who have dedicated themselves so fully to the success of the Globe will no longer be working with us side by side. I know that all of us wish them well.

Because the buyout was oversubscribed, we were able to avoid layoffs, which would have affected talented people recently recruited to the Globe. The applications of some staffers were not approved. They included certain individuals with special skills and those in difficult-to-fill positions that required immediate replacement. No applications from those who hold the formal titles of section editor, department head, or above were accepted.

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Raoul's First Law of Journalism
BIAS = LAYOFFS

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

What a day for dino-wrap bad news!

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Ping

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Oh and IBTP!

[Lexington Green]

Rule 2

You lie- You die

People who watch the news want news - not propaganda

[fat city]

The applications of some staffers were not approved. They included certain individuals with special skills and those in difficult-to-fill positions that required immediate replacement.

That would be the staffers who write copy from the AP wire and the op-ed writers.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Depending on the individual circumstances; getting a buyout for resigning is like winning a lottery. I bet that most of those who were disqualified feel gypped.

[NickatNite2003]

The 24 who were the least leftist.

[Goldie Lurks]

Another one bites the dust.

Another one bites the dust.

And another one's gone.

Liberal biased reporting [whether news or print]=Another one gone.

[Ukiapah Heep]

Is the numerology behind the number of layoffs significant? Paging Calypso Louie, paging Dale Gribble...

[Towed_Jumper]

"Because the buyout was oversubscribed, we were able to avoid layoffs."

It appears that even liberal "rats" can still see a sinking ship and try to get off before it goes under.

[Signalman]

Hope they don't fire Jeff Jacoby. He's the only conservative they've got.

[Political Junkie Too]

They'll just suspend him on trumped-up charges before any significant event.

-PJ

[pabianice]

"I love the smell of dying Leftist newsrags in the morning. It smells like... victory!"

[johnny7]

The 24 who were the least leftist.

You can bet on that...

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"I love the smell of dying Leftist newsrags in the morning. It smells like... victory!"

These guys like that smell, too...

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avoid layoffs, which would have affected talented people recently recruited to the Globe.

They hire first (less salary) and then offer buyouts to long term, higher salary employees.

Then comes the reason for less profits - due to the cost of buyouts. And the wheel of deception goes round and round.

[pabianice]

Ping!

[hondo1951]

I'll bet Howie Carr is laughing

[Jacquerie]

When these job reductions are completed, the Globe will continue the ambitious journalism that brings so many readers to our newspaper and website every day.

Terrific libspeak on display.