The New York Times announced that it's all but a done deal that the paper will have to layoff staffers in the newsroom.
The drop-dead deadline is fast approaching for the staffers in The New York Times newsroom to raise their hand and volunteer for a buyout. An internal memo from the paper's assistant managing editor, Bill Schmidt, just went out and said that "we expect" that the buyout numbers aren't looking good and that for the first time the paper will be forced to cut the newsroom through layoffs. -- Times: 'We Expect' Layoffs | The New York ObserverAlas, the one layoff they need -- the publisher -- will probably not be on the list.
Update: The Observer Comments are, well, somewhat biting:
Offer buyouts to everybody! But first fire Bob Herbert, Maureen Dowd, and Paul Krugman. Then fire Bob Herbert again, just to make sure.
Hopefully the whole paper gets the axe. I've heard state-run media organs in Venezuela have open positions. Also, according to their reporting, Cuba has "free" health care and a 99% literacy rate; another great option for relocation.
Gee, wonder if they're going to print an ad with the headline "I Lost My Job Through the New York Times".
For those of you who remain after the layoffs, you're going to have to lie a lot faster and a lot more often if you expect to keep pace with expectations.Posted by Vanderleun at April 16, 2008 1:03 PM | TrackBack
"Offer buyouts to everybody! But first fire Bob Herbert, Maureen Dowd, and Paul Krugman. Then fire Bob Herbert again, just to make sure."
What, and not terminate Frank Rich with extreme prejudice?
Posted by: Fat Man at April 16, 2008 2:11 PMBe still my beating heart!
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