The Los Angeles Times announced newsroom layoffs today for the first time since biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong bought the paper in 2018. The cuts include 74 positions, representing about 13% of the total newsroom headcount.
Per the paper’s Meg James:
Full-time and temporary workers will be let go, including a handful of managers. Reporting positions are expected to be largely spared but production staff will be trimmed, including editors on the news and copy desks as well as the audience engagement team. Some photographers and audio producers will also be cut.
Lat Executive Editor Kevin Merida announced the move in a note to staff. Merida indicated the decision was “made more urgent by the economic climate and the unique challenges of our industry.”
He called such decisions “agonizing,” adding, “We will be saying goodbye to some tremendous colleagues.”
The New York Times reported that Merida also wrote, “Collectively, we have done...
Per the paper’s Meg James:
Full-time and temporary workers will be let go, including a handful of managers. Reporting positions are expected to be largely spared but production staff will be trimmed, including editors on the news and copy desks as well as the audience engagement team. Some photographers and audio producers will also be cut.
Lat Executive Editor Kevin Merida announced the move in a note to staff. Merida indicated the decision was “made more urgent by the economic climate and the unique challenges of our industry.”
He called such decisions “agonizing,” adding, “We will be saying goodbye to some tremendous colleagues.”
The New York Times reported that Merida also wrote, “Collectively, we have done...
- 6/7/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
The Los Angeles Times has laid off a total of 74 editorial staffers, amounting to about 13 percent of newsroom positions, IndieWire has confirmed.
Staffers were informed on Wednesday in a memo from executive editor Kevin Merida, who said the decision was “made more urgent by the economic climate and the unique challenges of our industry.”
A representative for the Times told IndieWire that this will leave about 500 staffers still in the newsroom. The layoffs come at a difficult time for print and news media, with cuts already this year at news organizations including Fox News, CNN, Vox, The Washington Post, and NPR, among others. BuzzFeed News and MTV News also shut down this year.
The full statement from the LA Times is below:
“We have made the difficult decision to undergo a reorganization and eliminate certain positions within the company. The hardest decisions to make are those that impact our employees,...
Staffers were informed on Wednesday in a memo from executive editor Kevin Merida, who said the decision was “made more urgent by the economic climate and the unique challenges of our industry.”
A representative for the Times told IndieWire that this will leave about 500 staffers still in the newsroom. The layoffs come at a difficult time for print and news media, with cuts already this year at news organizations including Fox News, CNN, Vox, The Washington Post, and NPR, among others. BuzzFeed News and MTV News also shut down this year.
The full statement from the LA Times is below:
“We have made the difficult decision to undergo a reorganization and eliminate certain positions within the company. The hardest decisions to make are those that impact our employees,...
- 6/7/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
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