California newspaper group to cut staff
By Leah McBride Mensching, Friday 7 March 2008 at 16:50 :: Labor & Employment :: #1371 :: rss
The Bay Area News Group-East Bay will cut its staff levels in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area by 10 percent, and will avoid layoffs because enough employees took buyout offers, the Associated Press reported late Thursday.
Of the company's 1,100 employees, 107 from took buyouts, cutting staff numbers at the Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times and 14 other daily and weekly newspapers. The cuts will be seen in all departments.
“We feel good about the fact that participation was wide enough we were able to avoid involuntary layoffs,” said John Armstrong, president of Bay Area News Group-East Bay, according to the AP. “It's important that our people focus on improving our newspapers and Web sites and growing our revenues and building our audience for advertisers.”
Armstrong also said he could not guarantee there will not be more cuts in the future, according to the AP report, posted by the Houston Chronicle.
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