Slog - Comments on Details on Times Cuts: 49 Newsroom Jobs to Go http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/details_on_times_cuts_45_newsroom_jobs_t The Seattle Times has announced that it will be cutting 200 jobs through a combination of layoffs, buyouts, and the elimination of open positions. I'm told by a Times writer that 45 of those jobs will be cut from the newsroom staff. But I'm told by an internal memo (see below) that the number of newsroom cuts is 49. A Times spokesperson declined to clarify, saying it was "premature" to discuss specific numbers. According to the memo and the staffer I spoke to, in order to get to the proposed number of newsroom job cuts: Nineteen open newsroom positions will... Copyright 2008 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:25:54 -0800 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:35:05 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by laterite In other layoff news, the WaMu LFC in Bellevue is being shut down. The death spiral continues.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/details_on_times_cuts_45_newsroom_jobs_t#c992098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/details_on_times_cuts_45_newsroom_jobs_t#c992098 Media Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:45:43 -0800 Comment by Yutang Eli,

To give us some context, How many newsroom employees does the Times have currently?

]]> Yutang http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/details_on_times_cuts_45_newsroom_jobs_t#c992111 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/details_on_times_cuts_45_newsroom_jobs_t#c992111 Media Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:50:33 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle So, does this include Postman, since he has a blog (new media)?

Be a shame to see him go - about the only reason I bother reading the Times anymore ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/details_on_times_cuts_45_newsroom_jobs_t#c992153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/details_on_times_cuts_45_newsroom_jobs_t#c992153 Media Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:12:55 -0800 Comment by Non "The only department not experiencing a “reduction in force”? New media."

You're being being smug, Eli.

You won't be laughing when a huge scandal goes unnoticed or unreported because there are no true journalists left.

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/details_on_times_cuts_45_newsroom_jobs_t#c992303 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/details_on_times_cuts_45_newsroom_jobs_t#c992303 Media Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:35:05 -0800