Los Angeles Times || LAObserved.com The Times says it's cutting 250 positions across the company, including 150 positions in editorial. Also, the paper will reduce the number of pages it publishes each week by 15%. Publisher
David Hiller says the goal of the cuts is to "get to where we need to be for the long term. We want to get ahead of the economy that's been rolling down on us and get to a size that will be sustainable." || Hiller's
memo. || Editor
Russ Stanton's
memo. || Bloggers'
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