40% of newsroom staff to depart NJ Star-Ledger

"The Star-Ledger newspaper in New Jersey said about 40% of its newsroom staff will depart in a buyout wave, among the steepest cuts in the continued downsizing of the newspaper industry....

• Jim Willse, editor of the Star-Ledger, told staff Friday that 151 buyout offers were accepted in a newsroom of about 330 people. The paper turned down 17 people who had requested buyouts.

Departures will be staggered between now and the end of the year, Mr. Willse said in an interview."...via Romenesko

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