On Wednesday, The Los Angeles Times announced a small round of layoffs but would not say exactly how many employees had been affected.
Nancy Sullivan, a spokeswoman for the paper, said in a statement: “As we continue to evolve our business and react to the difficult economic environment, we are downsizing in some areas and adding resources in others. Unfortunately, that included a small number of layoffs today.” Ms. Sullivan said the company was adding resources to its digital operation and that the cuts were company-wide.
The blog LA Observed noted that some of the more prominent names affected by the newsroom layoffs included Tim Rutten, a columnist who had been at the paper for 40 years.
One employee, who asked to remain anonymous to avoid risking future job possibilities, described the mood in the newsroom as bad. “People are pretty depressed. I think we all thought things had stabilized,” the employee said.
The L.A. Times is owned buy the Tribune Company, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008. In May, the company appointed Eddy Hartenstein, the publisher and chief executive of The Los Angeles Times, as the company’s president and chief executive.
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