New York Times layoffs
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Some of you have heard that the New York Times' company will lay off 500 people, including 45 directly from the paper's newsroom. Well, E&P has secured a copy of the memo to staff written by Times executive editor Bill Killer. One can sense the formation of tears:
In a memo to staffers after the announcement of steep job cuts at The New York Times, Bill Keller, executive editor, wrote: "Throughout these lean years you have worked your hearts out to perform our daily miracle, and I wish I could tell you relief was in sight. ... The economic pressures on our business have been unrelenting."
He also disclosed that the paper's "budget-minders" had long projected that "2006 would be an unusually grim budget year."
He added that he expect the Times to continue putting out "every day the best news report in the world," blah, blah, blah, etc.
Keller also lamented that people were retiring en masse, suggesting that it "represented a sapping of our collective wisdom and experience."
It's long past time for Gray Drunk Lady to sober up and separate editorial opinion from news reporting. The first step to recovery, of course, is admitting the problem, and that is not going to happen.
Expect more layoffs.
I am sure the Times will find some way to spin this story off as President Bush's fault.
Tell Ms. Streisand that at least half the global warming is due to that ugly, rambling manse she built along the Malibu coastline.
For her personal lifestyle and recreational pursuits.
Thank you.
And check out some of these articles for more light than heat on what's going on worldwide.
without health insurance. It's all Bush's fault.