The cuts include 74 positions, representing about 13% of the total newsroom headcount.

Some photographers and audio producers will also be cut.

He said the layoffs would affect about 15% of unionized members of the newsroom.

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We were blindsided by this news, wrote Johnson.

We have been bargaining a new contract since September, and this was never hinted at during bargaining.

In the past week alone,Spotify let go 200 staffersandReddit cut 5% of its workforce.

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