Baltimore Sun to institute new round of job cuts, buyouts
The Baltimore Sun will eliminate 100 positions in August through buyouts, layoffs and attrition.
Sun Publisher Tim Ryan announced the job cuts in an internal memo to the staff of the Baltimore Sun Media Group on Wednesday.
The announcement is the latest round of cuts at the daily newspaper, owned by Chicago's Tribune Co. Earlier this year, the Sun eliminated 45 positions through buyouts. Last year, the newspaper eliminated 41 jobs through buyouts and laid off three employees.
About half the job cuts are expected to affect the newsroom, according to a news release sent by the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild. The union represents 400 Sun employees. Sun spokeswoman Judy Berman said the cuts will impact all areas of the newspaper and said she could not say how many newsroom employees will be impacted.
The latest job cuts will impact roughly 7 percent of the Sun's workforce.
Sun management will notify employees next month on the buyouts and layoffs. The positions will be eliminated in August easy payday loan.
Ryan also said that the Sun will debut a redesigned newspaper in August that is more concise, features more local news and more graphics. The newspaper will continue to create new targeted print and interactive media, Ryan said.
The move comes on the heels of major organizational changes at the newspaper, as well as attempts to boost advertising by launching a free daily publication. Called b, the publication debuted in April and targets younger readers.
Tribune became a privately held company in December following an $8.2 billion buyout from Chicago real estate mogul Sam Zell.
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