NY Post reports Newsday sports columnist changes

"Included in the latest cuts are 27 editorial positions. The photo de partment and the sports department are being particularly hard hit.

• Three sports columnists' jobs are being eliminated. They are Sean Powell, Johnette Howard and Ken Davidoff.

Insiders said that some of the staffers might be allowed to reapply for lower-paid editorial positions. Davidoff's name was expected to be among that group...

• (Editor in Chief John Mancini) said Newsday would be going forward with a considerably smaller photo desk. One source said he expected many of the laid-off photographers' work to still appear in the paper as freelancers."

UPDATE: 12/8/08, Neil Best glad not to be a baseball writer.

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