The paper will cut a handful of newsroom jobs and drop content from The New York Times. Lee Enterprises, The News’ parent company, is losing money and has struggled at times to make interest payments on its huge debt.
The Buffalo News is cutting its newsroom staff again and dropping content from The New York Times.
Management informed their newsroom staff of the moves at a meeting Thursday. No hard number is attached to the staff reductions, which would be effective in early November. Up to five cuts are likely. Buyouts will be offered and layoffs imposed if necessary.
The newsroom staff is approximately 45. It’s down from a peak of over 200 in the 1980s. That number had shrunk to about 85 when Lee Enterprises bought The News five years ago. This time a year ago 10 jobs were cut, half of them vacant…