Layoffs announced at Postmedia and The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail announced it will seek to eliminate 18 positions—nine of them editorial—while Postmedia Network has laid off the social media editor of the National Post, among others, j-source reports.
Sources at the Globe said the newspaper's photo department is being gutted. It has five staff photographers in Toronto and with three impending layoffs, the department will have only one photographer left in Toronto and one in B.C. According to a memo sent by Globe publisher Phillip Crawley, the newspaper is seeking to eliminate nine editorial positions, including three copy editors, three photographers, one assistant photo editor, one editorial assistant and one head editorial clerk. The other positions will be eliminated from advertising and circulation.
The Globe has undertaken a number of cost-saving initiatives recently, including unpaid days off, buyouts and a reduction of more than 100 staff since September 2012. It has also left some vacancies unfilled.
“While these measures have helped, they are not sufficiently offsetting print revenue declines. As mentioned at the town hall today, we need to further reduce costs through employee layoffs,” Crawley said in the memo.
Employees have until Jan. 31 to offer their resignations, after which layoff notices will be distributed on Feb. 5. Laid off staff will begin to leave March 31.

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