L.A. Times to Cut 250 Jobs, 150 in Editorial
Reuters reports The Los Angeles Times in an effort to save money in the face of declining revenues, the newspaper said on Wednesday.
The cuts are the latest in a series for the Times, which will have whittled its newsroom from nearly 1,200 reporters in 2000 to just over 700 as circulation and advertising revenues have faded in the face of competition from the Internet.
Most of the business-side positions had already been eliminated and the editorial jobs will be gone by Labor Day, in time for the Times to combine its print and Web newsrooms, the newspaper said.
The Times also intends to roll out new redesigned versions of both its print and Web editions.
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