Washington, Jan. 13 (ANI): Senior editors at The New York Times will reportedly be sacked in an effort to cut costs.
The media business was shaken on Friday when it was reported, first in New York Magazine and confirmed by POLITICO, that managing editor John Geddes, assistant managing editor Jim Roberts, dining editor Susan Edgerley, former Washington editor Rick Berke, and former Times Magazine editor Jerry Mazorati could all be casualties of the Times'.
Raju Narisetti, the head of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network and a former Washington Post managing editor, told Politico, without specifically responding to The New York Times cuts but talking about ongoing cost-cutting efforts across American newsrooms that 'it is hard to imagine there are too many sacred cows left in any newsroom, given the general state of our industry'.
According to the report, the New York Times underwent a round of buyouts and layoffs in 2009, but the possible departure of high-level Times staffers signals just how dire the current state of news media is.
Times executive editor Jill Abramson told staff in December that the paper had to cut 30 newsroom positions, but would be "forced to go to layoffs" if it could not secure enough voluntary buyouts, the report said.
In a memo to staff on Friday, Abramson denied rumors that layoffs were imminent, the report added. (ANI)
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