Buyout Phase Over, Layoffs Begin at Tampa Bay Times

By: Peter Schorsch | Saint Petersblog

As the financially strapped Tampa Bay Times enters its post-voluntary buyout stage, in an effort to shed as much as 10 percent of its workforce, the initial round of layoffs has now begun.

The first casualty of the Times’ layoffs was features writer Patti Ewald, who also edits the monthly LifeTimes section. Reportedly, Ewald was let go after a lunch meeting with one of newspaper’s VIPs.