Comments on: NYT Lays Off 100 On The Business Side; Cuts Salary For All Non-Union Staff, Including Sulzberger http://paidcontent.org/2009/03/26/419-nyt-layoffs-take-100-on-the-business-side/ The economics of digital content Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:54:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nathanr http://paidcontent.org/2009/03/26/419-nyt-layoffs-take-100-on-the-business-side/#comment-68051 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:49:45 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/03/26/419-nyt-layoffs-take-100-on-the-business-side/#comment-68051 Why isn't anyone calling for the union to offer up their own cut? Unions should work both ways and in this case, if they don't offer up a cut, they risk alienating their colleagues, demonstrating how much they do not understand the plight of the company and really dont care if the NYTimes survives…

]]> By: Jill http://paidcontent.org/2009/03/26/419-nyt-layoffs-take-100-on-the-business-side/#comment-68050 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:29:00 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/03/26/419-nyt-layoffs-take-100-on-the-business-side/#comment-68050 I have noticed the NY Times is carrying more ads in recent days. Back in Jan and Feb, the business section would carry no ads for days and the A section would have about 3 ad pages in the entire section.

Starting a couple of weeks ago, the Times is carrying more ads and is looking closer to normal.

I have not seen an explanation anywhere. I wonder if your reporters can dig out the story behind this. Is this a result of drastically cut rates or the beginnings of a recovery?

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