New York Times’ Buyouts, Contract Negotiations Show Newsroom Shift to Web

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By: Steve Myers and Jeff Sonderman | Poynter.org

Thursday’s offer of 20 voluntary buyouts for New York Times staff shows the continuing evolution of the newsroom — cuts to the print operation while trying to nurture online growth.

The Times’ digital staffers were excluded from the buyout offer because “that’s the way the industry is going, and they don’t want to lose people on that end of the business,” said Bill O’Meara, president of the Newspaper Guild of New York, which represents Times staff under separate contracts for print and digital employees.































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