Report: 34 Editorial Employees Accept 'Boston Globe' Buyout Offer

By: E&P Staff The application deadline for the Boston Globe's buyout package passed yesterday, and media reports indicate that at least 34 editorial employees have applied for the deal.

That number about matches the Globe's goal for cuts.

Writing in the Boston Phoenix, former Globe media writer Mark Jurkowitz reports that those seeking buyouts include "eight staffers in a Living/Arts (features) department that would be hit particularly hard by the cutbacks."

Jurkowitz adds: "The company still has to respond to the applicants as well as negotiate how long some of the departees will remain in their jobs. But among those confirmed buyout applicants are Travel editor Wendy Fox, pop culture writer Renee Graham, feature writer Jack Thomas, op-ed page editor Nick King, editorial writer Susan Trausch, obit writer Tom Long, theater critic Ed Siegel, business writer Charlie Stein, and music writer Steve Morse." Another possible taker not yet confirmed is "long-time political columnist Tom Oliphant."