Massive Newsroom Cuts At The Times

At a morning New York Times meeting, Bill Keller broke the news that approximately 100 employees would be let go from the newsroom — that’s nearly 7% of newsroom staff.

At the NYO, John Koblin was told by sources that there was a “real clear” possibility of layoffs. According to sources, “He made the point that we don’t want to bleed forever and we want to get this over with. The low-hanging fruit has been cut and there will be more painful; it’s definitely not like cutting the recording room.”

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