At least six newsroom employees have been laid off at the San Diego Union-Tribune as the newspaper undergoes a reorganization.
Four employees responsible for a mix of social media and homepage curation were laid off on Monday, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. An additional two employees, photographers, have also been laid off, those sources said.
The move comes as the Union-Tribune’s owner, Tronc, is seeking to centralize some social media and curation functions at a hub in Los Angeles, where it owns the Los Angeles Times, the sources said.
Four of the affected employees were called into a meeting Monday with Jeff Light, the Union-Tribune’s editor and publisher, according to a source familiar with the m…
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