Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Mercury News to cut 17 percent of news staff

In case you didn't see this:


(06-19) 18:56 PDT San Jose, Calif. (AP) -- The San Jose Mercury News plans to cut its newsroom staff by about 17 percent next month as readers and advertising dollars migrate to the Internet, the paper's new executive editor said Tuesday.


The newspaper plans to eliminate about 40 of the editorial department's 240 full-time positions beginning July 2, Carole Leigh Hutton, the paper's executive editor and vice president, told the Mercury News staff during an afternoon meeting.


Read the full AP story here.

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