Chicago Tribune editor disputes layoff report

Yesterday, Crain's Chicago Business reported that the Chicago Tribune was planning on laying off 20 percent of its newsroom staff, citing sources involved in a meeting about the cuts.
Today, Editor & Publisher reports that a Chicago Tribune editor is disputing that claim, saying that while jobs will be cut, the 20 percent figure is not accurate.

Job reductions will take place throughout the paper, not just the newsroom, Tribune Editor Gerould Kern said in an article posted at media reporter Phil Rosenthal's Tribune Ticker blog. Specific numbers have also not yet been determined, he said.

Kern did, however, acknowledge Crain's report that the paper would be adding staff in certain "emerging growth opportunities."

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