Long Island's Newsday announced today that beginning October 28 it will begin charging a $5 weekly fee for access to most of its online content. Subscribers to the print product or to the Optimum Online service offered by the paper's owner, Cablevision Systems, will still have unlimited free access to newsday.com.
Some content, including classifieds, obituaries, weather and entertainment listings, will remain available to nonpaying readers.
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New York Times to cut 100 newsroom jobs
In a note to staff today, New York Times editor Bill Keller announced that the newspaper will cut 100 jobs from the newsroom by year's end. That represents about 8 percent of the news staff.
Keller's memo said that he hopes the reduction can be achieved by voluntary buyouts, noting that everyone in the newsroom will receive a buyout offer. He says if the reduction target is not met by buyout volunteers, they will be forced to resort to layoffs to make the number.
Keller also notes that the editorial, op-ed and business departments also face budget cuts, but he did not speculate on staff reductions in those departments.
A comment thread following an item about the cuts on the Times' Media Decoder blog has many readers offering to pay for online access to Times content.
Keller's memo said that he hopes the reduction can be achieved by voluntary buyouts, noting that everyone in the newsroom will receive a buyout offer. He says if the reduction target is not met by buyout volunteers, they will be forced to resort to layoffs to make the number.
Keller also notes that the editorial, op-ed and business departments also face budget cuts, but he did not speculate on staff reductions in those departments.
A comment thread following an item about the cuts on the Times' Media Decoder blog has many readers offering to pay for online access to Times content.
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