Unhappy news at Seattle Times

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Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Unhappy news at Seattle Times</h1>
                <h2><p>There is a new round of buyout offers at the Seattle Times, with layoffs in the wings if there aren't enough takers, The Stranger reports. Times' Editor Kathy Best has a good conversation with writer Eli Sanders about the business issues facing the paper and what they</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>There is a new round of buyout offers at the Seattle Times, with layoffs in the wings if there aren't enough takers, <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/2015/12/18/23279700/the-seattle-times-says-a-newsroom-staff-reduction-is-necessary-if-we-want-the-seattle-times-to-continue?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">The Stranger reports.</a> Times' Editor Kathy Best has a good conversation with writer Eli Sanders about the business issues facing the paper and what they are doing to keep up the quality of their exceptional journalism. All told, the newsroom budget has to fall 6 percent through cuts, including in people.</p><p>Want to do more than mourn, commiserate? <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/subscribe/signup/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Subscription options here</a>.</p>
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There is a new round of buyout offers at the Seattle Times, with layoffs in the wings if there aren't enough takers, The Stranger reports. Times' Editor Kathy Best has a good conversation with writer Eli Sanders about the business issues facing the paper and what they are doing to keep up the quality of their exceptional journalism. All told, the newsroom budget has to fall 6 percent through cuts, including in people.

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By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi