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The Los Angeles Times, which underwent such turmoil late last year when its publisher and editor refused to make the cuts demanded by corporate parent Tribune Co., is eliminating 100 to 150 jobs.
Most of those cuts will come from the paper’s editorial department, writes Variety.
The cuts are the first phase of downsizing, what the paper is calling Employee Voluntary Separation Program. The paper is asking for volunteers for a buyout worth two weeks pay and benefits for every year the employee has worked for the Times.
Staffers taking the voluntary buyouts include Calendar editor Lennie LaGuire, who is reportedly in talks with the Hollywood Reporter to take the top editing spot left vacant when Cythia Littleton left earlier this year. Other editors include sports columnist J.A. Adande, environment editor Frank Clifford, Sacramento reporter/blogger Robert Salladay and West magazine writer Shawn Hubler.
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Effective immediately, any telemarketing call that delivers a prerecorded message must include a quick and easy way to opt-out of receiving future calls. The opt-out must work both for consumers who answer these calls in person and for those whose…
