AdvertisementThe cuts include 94 members of the Los Angeles Times Guild, or about one quarter of the paper’s unionized staff. The Los Angeles Times headquarters in El Segundo, California. “Instead, The Times chose long-planned mass layoffs via webinar in which staff members weren’t allowed so much as a question.”Members of the Los Angeles Times Guild protest impending layoffs in front of Los Angeles City Hall last Friday. AdvertisementIn protest of the looming layoffs, members of the paper’s guild held a one-day walkout Friday, marking the first union-organized work stoppage in the paper’s history. “The Los Angeles Times faces economic challenges as acute as any.”Tuesday’s bloodbath at the Times is the latest in a string of major cuts across the entire industry.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 24, 2024 06:02 UTC