• Newsday, Friday, December 2, 2005 11:05 AM

As if any more evidence were needed that the newspaper industry is slogging through a period of unprecedented contraction and pain, Tribune-owned Newsday, of New York, has announced that it's firing 72 employees and that 40 vacant positions will be eliminated. It was only a month ago that 59 newsroom employees left the paper, mostly through buyouts. Yesterday's announcement emphasized that no journalists were among the 72 full-timers who were axed. Also yesterday, in another sign that newspapers across the country are hurting, the Chicago Tribune, also a Tribune-owned daily, eliminated 28 editorial jobs.  Additionally, the Trib-owned Los Angeles Times has recently been trimming its staff.  Timothy Knight, publisher of Newsday, told his employees yesterday that the changes "are unfortunate, but necessary to position Newsday to pursue opportunities with confidence."

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