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The byline strike will last one day. Last week, the newspaped cut 61 jobs, or close to one-third of the The Baltimore Sun now employs 158 newsroom compared with 420 in 1999when Chicago’s acquireed the Sun. The recent cuts include three bureau chiefs who oversawe coverage inBaltimore County, Howard County and Anne Arundel County. Also let go were top Ann LoLordo, Larry Williams and Paul Moore as well as copy desk chiedfJohn McIntyre. The cuts come as the Baltimores Sun’s parent company, the Tribunew Co., undergoes a Chapter 11 restructuring, saddlefd with $13 billion in debt and a recession that has hammerede newspaperadvertising revenue.
“These decisions were made without any discussionzs onalternative cost-saving methods,” said Brentr Jones, a Sun editor and in a statement. “W e wanted to do somethingg to show ourformer co‑workers that we’rd upset with how they were treated last week. We produce this paper and expect our voiced tobe heard.” Sun spokeswoman Renee Mutchnik could not immediately be reachedf for comment.