Now that the Company and the Guild have called off their game of chicken, it’s time for the Last Free Lunch and, unfortunately, shit sandwiches are all that’s left in the picnic basket. As had been made clear all along, strike or no strike, there will be layoffs. The exact number remains an elusive quantity, morphing in unforeseeable ways with each new staff departure and rumored departure (BIG NEWS afoot on this front, more later today), from as low as 82 to as high as 150. And pink slips are expected to be dispensed just in time for Christmas. “Anybody who’s any good has their resumes on the street,” says a newsroom source. Leaving: Senior Political Editor Eugene Kiely is going to USA Today… DEVELOPING
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