Staff at the L.A. Times were informed that there would be 40-person lay-off before Christmas (classy timing!)
And it seems the firing squad may have begun to discharge its weapons. A few longtime players were cut loose on Friday, including foreign reporter Richard Boudreaux and arts reporter Suzanne Muchnic (who may have taken a buy-out), according to LAObserved. And we just received a tip that pop culture and food writer Elina Shatkin was let go this morning.
As former LATers, we wish all the freshly let-go folks lots of luck. It all turns out. We promise.
We’ll keep you posted here as we hear more…
UPDATE, 3:30 p.m.: Richard Derk and “three other photographers” were also laid off today, as well as two from the Books section, rendering it a section of, um, one.
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