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Vice Media, McClatchy Cuts Add to Spate of Media Layoffs

HeadlineFeb 04, 2019

Vice Media announced Friday it is laying off 10 percent of its staff, or 250 employees, in the latest cut to newsrooms around the country, which has affected at least 2,000 people since the start of the year. Also on Friday, reports emerged of cuts at McClatchy, with the company reportedly offering buyouts to 10 percent of its workers. In late January, BuzzFeed, HuffPost and Gannett, which owns over 1,000 publications around the country, also announced layoffs, with around 1,400 people losing their jobs.

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