The Los Angeles Times is going through another round of layoffs today, with the publication’s guild reporting that 14 of its members will receive notices.
“This is the third round of layoffs in as many years, and it will leave the Los Angeles Times ever more decimated,” the L.A. Times Guild said in a statement. “Today’s announcement of cuts represent 6% of our newsroom staff.”
A Times spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment.
The guild blamed the need for additional layoffs on “a stubborn reliance on ever declining print revenue; a leadership team without a business plan; and a subscriber exodus triggered in part by the handling of The Times’ presidential endorsement.”
The guild is calling on the ownership to install a publisher from outside to “right the ship and build a sustainable business.”
Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Times, last year refused to allow the editorial board to endorse in the presidential race, leading to the resignation of the editorials editor, Mariel Garza.
The Times offered buyouts to employees with two or more years employment earlier this year. Last year, when the newsroom went through a round of layoffs that cut about 20% of the newsroom, Soon-Shiong said that the publication was losing $30 million to $40 million per year.
