LA Times cutting another 75 from editorial

[2muchcoffeeman]

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EDIT: Check that ... I just noticed that there is a thread.

This is a breaking situation this afternoon. Editors met over the weekend to get the word and to refine their lists. Newsroom staffers are being told today individually and in department meetings that as many as 75 editorial positions are being cut through voluntary departures and layoffs. Some staffers were approached last week about volunteering, "enticed" with the threat that this will be the absolute final time that editorial employees will receive two weeks severance pay for each year of service when they leave.

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/10/incredibly_deep_new_cutba.php

The above article notes that the Times' DC bureau is expected to be "decimated" after the election.

Leo Wolinsky, associate editor and a 31-year vet, is also leaving.

This spring, I asked Leo to move to the Features department to bring some much-needed stability to a crucial part of our newsroom. He accepted the assignment with his characteristic dedication, made a number of immediate improvements, and won over colleagues who were skeptical that a career hard-news guy would care about Features.

In the months since, I became convinced that the organizational structure which has prevailed in Features for several decades needed to change, so that our coverage in this multimedia world could improve and evolve. It is fair to say that Leo and I did not agree on the best way to accomplish this, leading to the difficult decision that he will be leaving The Times.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/readers/2008/10/editor-russ-sta.html