More Friday Layoffs: 'Newsday' Cuts 32 to 'Reduce Management Layers'

By: E&P Staff Newsday on Friday reported it had laid off 32 employees -- half in operations management and half from Star Community Publishing.

The cuts, which come as its purchase from Tribune Co. by Cablevision Systems Corp. awaits completion, follow a 120-person staff cut in March. In a statement to employees Friday afternoon, publisher Timothy Knight said the move would "reduce management layers in operations, clarify roles and responsibilities, and speed decision-making."

The employees downsized were managers in the pressroom and involved in other back-office functions.

Knight added that the cuts were "not connected to the pending sale transaction," but rather were "the result of our ongoing review of business operations to improve efficiency and adopt best-practice techniques."