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To: steve harris who wrote (261489)	11/21/2005 3:43:04 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 1576826

Lefty rag NEWSDAY face down in the gutter. LOL More Tribune Job Cuts Coming, This Time at 'Newsday' www.editorandpublisher.com ^ \| 11/21/05 \| E&P Staff NEW YORK Next to feel the knife in the current round of Tribune Co. job cuts--which in recent days have already hit papers in Chicago, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Orlando and Hartford--will be 'Newsday," in Melville, N.Y. A memo written Friday by Publisher Timothy P. Knight and posted today at the Romenesko site at www.poynter.org, saves the worst for last, revealing that "as we move through the process of re-organizing ourselves to meet our goals, we need to make very difficult decisions about how we allocate resources. This includes making staff reductions in union and non-union areas. We will be finalizing these decisions over the next two weeks, and plan to talk to the people who will be losing their jobs promptly as the decisions are made. "The timing of this is unfortunate but unavoidable. I understand your concerns and I thank you for your patience as we work through this process." The memo opened by setting out "some examples of hat we’ve accomplished this year." Here is the rest of the memo: *** --We decided to concentrate the bulk of our resources on our core coverage areas of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens, which required changes to our New York City staffing. --We invested in our home delivery circulation, which is most valuable to advertisers. --We’re using the strengths of our product portfolio – Newsday, Newsday Interactive, Star, Island, amNewYork, Hoy -- to create new products that are valued by both readers and advertisers. --Following your feedback in the Employee Survey, we launched new internal communication channels, trained managers in communication and upgraded management meetings to help managers share information with employees. We continue to emphasize the strong local reporting that only we can offer Long Island readers. You are seeing it this week in the investigative series "Fire Alarm." Even more important is that we have combined print and web resources to create an innovative, multi-media experience for this series. However, as we move through the process of re-organizing ourselves to meet our goals, we need to make very difficult decisions about how we allocate resources. This includes making staff reductions in union and non-union areas. We will be finalizing these decisions over the next two weeks, and plan to talk to the people who will be losing their jobs promptly as the decisions are made. The timing of this is unfortunate but unavoidable. I understand your concerns and I thank you for your patience as we work through this process. Sincerely, Tim