The Times Picayune today announced job cuts for 201 employees as it reduces a third of its staff. In the news operation alone, 84 of the 173 people currently employed in the newsroom were notified today that they will lose their jobs and be given severance packages. Employees who were not laid off were offered new jobs to begin this fall with Nola Media Group, the new company that will oversee news coverage for The Times-Picayune. Among the more notable names on the list of newsroom employees slated for layoffs are longtime sports columnist Peter Finney, award-winning restaurant critic Brett Anderson and religion writer Bruce Nolan. The newspaper announced the layoffs here. Finney, it should be noted, has been asked to write a sports column on a freelance basis, Editor Jim Amoss said. “Peter Finney has a permanent seat in the press box in Tiger Stadium for any and all [football] games,” tweeted Michael Bonnette, LSU sports information director, after the announcement.
One-third of ‘Times-Picayune’ staff given notice
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