In a solid case of “newspaper said, tabloid said,” the New York Times is disputing a New York Post story about massive layoffs coming to the Times.
The Post reported that the Times will cut “hundreds” between August and November. The Post also pointed out that Times’ execs are currently conducting talks with the Times’ union about reduced severance packages.
Times executive editor Dean Baquet was not happy about the Post’s report, and said it was “totally made up.” NPR’s media correspondent David Folkenflik tweeted that Baquet admitted the newsroom will shrink, but the Post’s story was also “cheap guess work.”
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