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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Reporters and editors at The Philadelphia Inquirer said Tuesday that about 17 percent of the editorial staff will be laid off this week.
Employees were called at home by their supervisors, The New York Times said. The newspaper was expected to make an official announcement Wednesday.
Between 68 and 71 editorial jobs are expected to be cut.
"The guillotine has finally fallen," said Dawn Fallik, a medical reporter who told the Times she is among those to be laid off. "In a way, it's kind of a relief."
The Knight-Ridder chain made the Inquirer one of the most respected newspapers in the United States, winning a string of Pulitzers and other top awards. But the paper's circulation has fallen sharply.
McClatchy Newspapers, which bought Knight-Ridder, sold the Inquirer almost immediately to a Philadelphia group. The company said it was not interested in newspapers in stagnant areas like Philadelphia.
The Daily News, the Inquirer's tabloid sister paper, has a much smaller staff, and no layoffs are planned there. Both papers cut jobs last year through buyouts.
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