By: Staff Reports Latimes.com Issues Pink Slips To 20 Employees
Chicago's Tribune Co. will slash new-media operations by 12%, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the flagship newspaper of Times Mirror, which was purchased by Tribune earlier this year.
At latimes.com, 20 will lose their jobs. Throughout Tribune Interactive, 34 employees will be let go and 46 open positions will remain unfilled. Tribune Interactive has a total workforce of 650 in 18 of the top 30 markets in the U.S.
Tribune Co. spokesperson John Lyday told the Times the cuts were necessary to "focus its resources on revenue-driving initiatives, realize operating efficiencies from its merger with Times Mirror Co. and accelerate its progress toward profitability."
Editorial, production, sales and marketing departments will be affected.
In the print realm, Tribune recently laid off 170 when it closed the "Local Times" operations of the Los Angeles Times.
Copyright 2000, Editor & Publisher.
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