The Philadelphia Inquirer was expected to announce Wednesday that it would lay off 68 to 71 employees, or about 17 percent of the newsroom staff, just seven months after a group of local business executives took over the newspaper and its sister publication, The Daily News. The Daily News is exempt from this round of cuts. The announcements began Tuesday night as editors called employees at home. With The Inquirer's advertising revenue and circulation down, employees have known for months that layoffs were coming and have been finding their place on the seniority list so that they could try to make plans.
See "Layoffs imminent at The Philadelphia Inquirer", Katharine Q. Seele, International Herald Tribune, January 3, 2007