Producer Seth Rogen is showing support for his upcoming movie Joy Ride at the Los Angeles premiere on Monday night (June 26).
07.06.2023 - 21:11 / deadline.com
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 a vast amount of work as a company to meet the budget and revenue challenges head-on. But that work will need acceleration, and we will need more radical transformation in the newsroom for us to become a self-sustaining enterprise.”
Reed Johnson, the unit council chair for the L.A. Times Guild, shared a statement on social media indicating that the union was “outraged” by the move. He said the layoffs would affect about 15% of unionized members of the newsroom.
“We were blindsided by this news,” wrote Johnson. “Management did not consult us in advance about other options for cutting costs and saving money, short of layoffs. We have been bargaining a new contract since September, and this was never hinted at during bargaining.”
He also maintained that, “under our contract, management
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scathing open letter to the newspaper’s management over its plans to lay off dozens of editorial staff without advance notice. “The company has blindsided us with proposed layoffs — which we will begin bargaining over today — and [executive editor] Kevin Merida and newsroom leadership initially only planned to speak with us on Monday, five long days after announcing their intention to upend many of our lives. This is deeply insulting,” the letter reads.
in the email. “Collectively, we have done a vast amount of work as a company to meet the budget and revenue challenges head on. But that work will need acceleration and we will need more radical transformation in the newsroom for us to become a self-sustaining enterprise.”The company restructuring will get rid of 74 roles, with 500 people remaining according to spokeswoman Hillary Manning, who told the New York Times.Reporting positions will remain intact, but other full-time and temporary workers will be cut.
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