North Jersey Media Group Buries the Layoffs Lede

A brutal number.

At the top of this particular Jan. 23 news article on the website of New Jersey daily newspaper The Record, some of the terminology includes “restructuring,” “major strategic reorganization” and “highly transformative time.” Crowned by a deceptively generic headline.

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It is not until the sixth paragraph that the human toll of actions by parent company North Jersey Media Group, publisher of The Record, is specifically detailed:

By week’s end, 141 employees are to receive notices required by New Jersey and federal law when significant layoffs are planned by private employers.

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