US: LA Times announced 250 job cuts and 15% decrease in published pages

By Labour Day, the Los Angeles Times expects to have cut 250 jobs, including 150 of the 876 print and Web editorial positions, as well as decrease the number pf pages published weekly by 15 %, Editor and Publisher reported.

"Thanks to the Internet, we have more readers for our great journalism than at any time in our history. But also thanks to the Internet, our advertisers have more choices, and we have less money," said Russ Stanton, Times editor.

David Hiller, Times publisher, said that the paper is aiming to get where it "needs to be for the long term", at a size that is "sustainable."

This tendency towards shorter papers and less staff in order to adapt to economic realities has been seen all over the US newspaper industry, including within papers like the Baltimore Sun and the Hartford Courant.

Source: Editor and Publisher

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