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L.A. Times Slashes Staff, Cites Weak Business

  • NY Times, Thursday, November 17, 2005 4:30 PM
Citing the "current business climate," a veiled reference to lackluster advertising sales, Jeffrey Johnson, the publisher of the Los Angeles Times Wednesday announced it would slash its newsroom staff of 1,032 by 85 employees. The L.A. paper, published by newspaper giant Tribune Co., is the latest major daily to announce a round of layoffs due to sagging advertising sales.

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