By: (AP) MSNBC's Web site laid off 9%of its staff -- about 18 people -- Monday, citing a downturn in advertising revenues. The cable television news channel wasn't affected.
Cherylynne Crowther, a spokeswoman for MSNBC.com, declined to disclose an exact number of layoffs but said they were equivalent to 9% of the company's staff of approximately 200.
MSNBC.com is based in Redmond, Wash. The Web site, like the cable news channel MSNBC, is half-owned by Microsoft Corp., which is also based in Redmond, and half by General Electric Co.'s NBC.
Ona Karasa, the general manager of MSNBC.com, told staff in a memo that "the reductions are in response to an industrywide decline in advertising spending, and personnel cuts came only after we examined and cut back spending in all other areas."
Karasa was named general manager and executive vice president Monday. Also, Uli Haller was named vice president business operations. Haller joined MSNBC.com in late 1999 as manager of the local affiliate program.
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