The Newspaper Business is Always Tough
The NY Times cut more than 100 in 2014. It did the same in 2005
As we continue to celebrate FishbowlNY’s 10 year anniversary, we were struck by how often history repeats itself. In May of 2005, we reported that the The New York Times was planning a “targeted staff reduction plan” that would lead to about 130 staffers losing their jobs.
Bill Keller, the Times’ executive editor back then, wrote in a memo that if not enough people volunteered for buyout packages, layoffs would be necessary. Sound familiar? Well that’s because the same thing just happened a few months ago.
In October of last year, we reported that the Times needed to cut at least 100 staffers. Times
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