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New York Times Union Urges Management to Reconsider 56% Art Department Cuts as Paper Ramps Up AI Tools
The 56% department reduction marks one of the more significant AI-driven staff layoffs for the newspaper to date
The New York Times Guild is urging management to reconsider cutting 9 of the 16 positions from its art-production department, expressing concerns over what the union says amounts to an AI-based replacement, according to an internal memo obtained by TheWrap. “Last month, The Times’s newsroom made the difficult decision to reduce the size of its art production team with workflow changes to make photo toning and color correction work more efficient,” Charlie Stadtlander told TheWrap.”On May 30th, we offered generous voluntary buyouts for 9 employees to accept. The union also noted that the Times recently won nine gold medals from the Society for News Design, three of which were for the newspaper’s photo series, speaking to the impact of the art department’s work.
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