Management of the Sun-Times is looking to cut its editorial staff by as much as 22 percent through a combination of buyouts and layoffs set to start on Wednesday.
Between 12 and 15 positions are expected to be eliminated out of a total of 68 employees covered by the newspaper’s contract with the Chicago Newspaper Guild, sources said. They’re the latest cutbacks in the paper’s ongoing struggle to survive despite continuing revenue losses and circulation declines. Continue reading