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SAN DIEGO The San Diego Union-Tribune is offering buyouts in an effort to cut dozens of positions amounting to about 6 percent of its work force.

The newspaper told employees Monday that the move is a response to challenging industry conditions. It said it will consider layoffs if enough people don't leave voluntarily.

An internal memo lists 83 targeted positions, including 43 in the newsroom. The newspaper has 1,422 employees.

Employees will get 1.25 weeks pay for every six months of employment, up to one year of pay. They have until Dec. 12 to decide whether to apply and would leave the company by the end of this year.

Circulation has sharply declined at the Union-Tribune and at newspapers throughout the United States. The Union-Tribune is owned by San Diego-based Copley Press, which earlier this year sold its newspapers in Illinois and Ohio to GateHouse Media.
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