Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Lays Off 31
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel laid off 26 full-time and 5 part-time employees this Monday and offered a buyout to newsroom employees represented by the guild, Editor & Publisher reports.
We reported on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s cost-cutting measures late last month; back then, word was that 16 to 18 Guild-covered positions would be eliminated through buyouts. The layoffs, in advertising and other business operations, are a bit of a surprise, as the paper was thought to be cutting costs through buyouts and through a 6% across-the-board pay cut for the rest of 2009.
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