News Corp To Trim Newspaper Jobs In US And UK

News Corp is expected to trim jobs at its London and New York newspapers in the coming weeks, company insiders say, as a steep decline in print advertising has forced sharp cost reductions on the news business.

News International, whose papers include The Times, Sunday Times and The Sun, is in the final stages of an efficiency review conducted by the Boston Consulting Group and could cut up to 50 jobs, or some 2.5 per cent of its staff, although some new posts may be created.

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Comments

[Diplomacy]

Ah, shucks! Too bad, Rupert.

That's what happens when you report 'unfair' & 'unbalanced' crap! Wall Street Journal hurting? Well, NY Times got rid of Kristol, maybe you should think about him as your first layoff.

You just don't get, do you? People don't buy papers or watch channels that continually beat up a very popular President.

[noudidnt]

Could Fox and FoxNews be far behind. This is God's will. lol

[Ozarks]

Lets hope Billo, Hannity and Glenn Beck are in the "50" to be laid off by Murdock

[judiNJ]

Yes, let's just shut down Fox News altogether.

[Chavez08]

Murdoch should stay in China where his loyalty is.

[1liberalconspirator]

Thanks for putting yourself out of business Rupert. Your hired windbags make most media a painful distraction.

[KansasWrangler]

Nothing would please me more than for the Murdoch heirs to have nothing left to fight over. I hope FOX bleeds big bucks.

[Beninn]

Just remember that this is all due to the greed and incompetence of Bush, Cheney and Republicans.

[wordvarc]

Please, say goodbye to O'Reilly.