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Bill Keller, New York Times, New York Times job cuts, New York Times newsroom cuts

Report: New York Times To Slash 100 Newsroom Jobs

New York Times   |  Jeff Bercovici   |   February 14, 2008 01:25 PM

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New York Times executive editor Bill Keller announced, at one of the paper's regular staff talk-backs, plans for another wave of job cuts, including, according to three sources, the elimination of 100 newsroom positions. That's about 7 percent of the newsroom. Keller will hold three separate meetings today to break the news to the staff.

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- dax49 I'm a Fan of dax49 permalink

i guess kristol wasn't the boon they thought he would be. maybe they should have him start writing a column about make-up tips, he sure has rouge down pat

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:02 AM on 02/17/2008
- lungfish I'm a Fan of lungfish permalink
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Maybe they could get rid of Kristol and some other dead weight so that some decent folks can keep their jobs.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:19 PM on 02/16/2008
- Birdman I'm a Fan of Birdman permalink

Actaully they could just get stenographers to write down every word the adminstation says, they don't need reporters.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:09 AM on 02/16/2008
- leftLibertarian I'm a Fan of leftLibertarian permalink

They should can the lying sack of shit Bill Kristol.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:20 PM on 02/14/2008
- JohnKemp I'm a Fan of JohnKemp permalink

Watching the NY Times suffer an agonizing death is one of the great pleasures of "following the news."

However, in spite of a smaller paper & an ever-decreasing number of employees, its ignorantly stupid editiorialists still manage to "hang on."

Typical liberals.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:36 PM on 02/14/2008
- MajorKong I'm a Fan of MajorKong permalink
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Is that the same "typical liberals" that had Judith Miller acting as the administration's mouthpiece for the Iraq invasion?

Or maybe I'm thinking of the "typical liberals" that hired Bill Kristol.

With liberals like those, I'd hate to see what a conservative looks like.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:47 AM on 02/15/2008
- CaseyBabes I'm a Fan of CaseyBabes permalink
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King: Actually, I believe the pleasure is seeing the dismantling of a yellow rag that rejoices in divulging classified information protecting the USA, by extension endangering this country and our volunteer military protecting us. Their (NYTimtes rag)disloyalty has resulted in an ever decreasing readership, mostly made up of typical liberals. Gee, how about that, there just might be hope for democrats after all..........nah, scratch that, liberals will remain typical liberals.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:31 AM on 02/15/2008
- nunzia I'm a Fan of nunzia permalink

The NYT doesn't need people working their newsroom.
They can just make up the news, like they did when Judith Miller was their lead "reporter".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:28 PM on 02/14/2008
- retreadite I'm a Fan of retreadite permalink

The headline shouldn't be the "NYT Slashes Jobs" ------it should be the "NYT Has A News A Newsroom"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:20 PM on 02/14/2008
- DesertLight I'm a Fan of DesertLight permalink

Now that is keeping it pithy!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:10 PM on 02/15/2008
- BigLib I'm a Fan of BigLib permalink

Who cares? The NY Times gets their news directly from George Soros's fax machine. Why pay a typist?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:51 PM on 02/14/2008
- MajorKong I'm a Fan of MajorKong permalink
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Silly me. I forgot. Soros money bad, Scaife money good.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:54 PM on 02/15/2008
- CaseyBabes I'm a Fan of CaseyBabes permalink
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Ya sure forget a lot of things.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:26 AM on 02/16/2008
- wadenelson1 I'm a Fan of wadenelson1 permalink
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Who needs a newsroom when you've got a pundit like Kristol.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:09 PM on 02/14/2008
- ChiMan1 I'm a Fan of ChiMan1 permalink

GOOD START!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:49 PM on 02/14/2008
- DesertLight I'm a Fan of DesertLight permalink

Breaks open smelling salts for Libs! Here try this!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:08 PM on 02/14/2008
- leftLibertarian I'm a Fan of leftLibertarian permalink

fuck you ass hole. You and your boy friend Rush LimpDick deserve a good beating.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:21 PM on 02/14/2008
- DesertLight I'm a Fan of DesertLight permalink

Wow that reply was teeming with intelligence. Please refer to the "crying towel" post.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:37 PM on 02/15/2008
- DesertLight I'm a Fan of DesertLight permalink

Selling "crying towels" for the terrorists and the
libs. Get a clue!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:21 PM on 02/14/2008
- geobushono I'm a Fan of geobushono permalink

When you got bill kristol it is prima facia you don't need a newsroom.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:09 PM on 02/14/2008
- tililek I'm a Fan of tililek permalink

So little real news is available quickly and I hope this doesn't further reduce the meager amount we now have.
There is too much about the election, and not enough about what we should know in order to make a decision in that election.
I'm also tired of reading about missing people months after the fact, reading about accidents in other parts of the country, sports and entertainment. It would be nice to know more about other parts of the world, more even about Iraq and Iran, since I seldom believe anything issued by the Bush administration or its friends.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:53 PM on 02/14/2008
- DesertLight I'm a Fan of DesertLight permalink

This is no shocker. Part of my daily work out is...how much can I read before I gag. Perhaps the shake up will make a difference, unless they blame(as they did before) the lack of business on the internet. The only one hurt by this may be the Taliban with classified news tips for Terrorists. Hey, that sounds like a great column.
TOP SECRET TIPS FOR TERRORISTS!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:02 PM on 02/14/2008
- sawdustinhershoes I'm a Fan of sawdustinhershoes permalink
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There you are, resident troll. The NYT don't mean nearly as much to liberals as you think.

I mean, it's not like Fuchs News, where the audience is braindead and only uses that source for its "news". No, liberals are generally a lot smarter than the so-called conservatives. We actually go to several news outlets to get our news because we know there's always a bias.

NYT lost a lot of readers because of Judith Miller. They've made mistakes and if they're smart, they'll turn themselves around. Unfortunately, it appears that in their attempt to get more readers, they actually hired another liar, Bill Kristol.

I wanted to point out to you that you made a mistake when you wrote your comment. You said "Part of my daily work out is..." You should have been honest and left out the "out".

Your daily work is to be paid to be a troll. A lying troll at that. Oh, I'm sorry, that was redundant.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:34 AM on 02/15/2008
- Eoin45 I'm a Fan of Eoin45 permalink

"how much can I read before I gag?" Not much I hope.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:23 AM on 02/16/2008
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