The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday introduced plans to chop 74 jobs on account of financial challenges because the newspaper strives to rework itself right into a digital media group.

In a message to employees, Times Executive Editor Kevin Merida wrote that staff whose positions are eradicated from the Pulitzer Prize -winning newspaper have been being notified and {that a} employees assembly was scheduled for Monday to reply questions.

“We have done a vast amount of work as a company to meet the budget and revenue challenges head on. But that work will need acceleration and we will need more radical transformation in the newsroom for us to become a self-sustaining enterprise,” Merida wrote.

The cuts will get rid of about 13% of newsroom positions and have an effect on full-time and short-term employees together with editors, audio producers and managers, the Times reported. The cuts observe a collection of layoffs at information organizations together with the Washington Post and NPR.

The transfer additionally comes days after journalists at two dozen native newspapers throughout the U.S. walked off the job to demand an finish to painful cost-cutting measures at Gannett, the nation’s greatest newspaper chain. Gannett mentioned these cuts aimed to deal with declining income amid a downturn in advert gross sales and buyer subscriptions. The newspaper business has struggled for years with such challenges as promoting has shifted from print to digital, and readers have deserted native newspapers for on-line sources of data and leisure. The Los Angeles Times Guild, which represents greater than 400 editorial staff, voiced anger on the layoffs.

“We are completely blindsided by this news,” the Times’ Guild Unit Council mentioned in a press release. “This is a case study in bad faith and shows disrespect for the newsroom, which recently added two more Pulitzer Prizes to its long list of awards and recognition for its top-shelf work.” The guild’s contract requires administration to discount over proposed layoffs, and this didn’t happen, the assertion mentioned.

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