The 2020 group acknowledged “budget realities” that would affect newsroom turnover, but it did not identify specific staff cuts, which are widely expected in the coming months. Mr. Baquet and Mr. Kahn, however, used the report to more bluntly address the need for downsizing, saying in no uncertain terms that moving away from “duplicative and often low-value line editing” would lead to reductions in the editor ranks.

“Let’s not be coy,” they wrote. “The changes will lead to fewer editors at The Times.”