New York
Owner: New York Times Co.
Effective: Dec. 31, 2011

Buyouts are being offered to newsroom employees; Executive Editor Jill Abramson said there will be “fewer than 20″ buyouts by the end of the year. Open positions also will be eliminated, but Abramson said layoffs will not follow the buyout offer: “No matter how many people do or do not raise their hands, no one in the newsroom — either Guild or excluded — will be laid off as a result of this program.” A Times executive also said buyouts are being offered on the business side. The Times also recently reorganized about.com, cutting 15 full- and part-time positions and creating 10 full-time positions.
Sources: The New York Times; AFP; Poynter

New York
Owner: New York Times Co.
Effective: Dec. 31, 2009

After falling short of its goal of 100 newsroom buyouts, up to 26 newsroom employees will be laid off.
Sources: New York Post

New York
Owner: New York Times Co.
Announced: Sept. 24, 2009
Effective: Dec. 31, 2009

Buyouts are being offered. A target number was not mentioned.
100 newsroom jobs will be cut through buyouts by the end of the year. If fewer than 100 employees volunteer, layoffs will follow.
74 newsroom employees accepted buyout offers, including 60 union employees. Up to 26 newsroom employees are expected to be laid off. 42 business employees also accepted buyout offers.
Sources: Romenesko; New York Times

* Updated Oct. 19, 2009, after a target number was released.
** Updated Dec. 11, 2009, with buyout numbers.

New York
Owner: New York Times Co.
Effective: March 26, 2009

100 business operations employees were laid off. 70 newsroom employees also could be laid off if the union does not agree to pay cuts; the union is expected to agree to the pay cuts.
Sources: Business Insider; New York Times

* Updated April 2, 2009, with possible newsroom layoffs.

New York
Owner: The New York Times Co.
Announced: Feb. 26, 2009

19 union employees and an unknown number of nonunion employees will be laid off from the advertising department.
Source: The Newspaper Guild via News Cycle

New York
Owner: New York Times Co.
Date: Sept. 8, 2008

Closing a Times-owned distribution service will cut 550 jobs.
Source: Editor & Publisher

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New York
Owner: New York Times Co.
Date: Feb. 14, 2008

The Times will cut 100 newsroom positions “by not filling jobs that go vacant, by offering buyouts, and if necessary by layoffs,” said executive editor Bill Keller. UPDATE: Layoffs will be coming to the Times, but no numbers have been offered yet.
Source: New York Times and The New York Observer

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