In order to save newspapers cut their format. The New York Times is no exception. Today, on the pages of the influential American newspaper, it was reported that the pages will be reduced in size - they will become 3.5 cm. This will reduce the area of ​​informational messages by 11%, but they will not suffer in volumes as the number of pages will increase.
ITAR-TASS reports that it was also decided to close the printing house of the New York Times in the city of Edison. At the same time about a thousand employees fall under the reduction. “This is the least painful way for our economic survival. Otherwise, we would have to cut down the staff, close the offices abroad, reduce the costs of investigative journalism and reduce the composition of our office in Washington, ”explains Keller’s changes that should occur in April 2008.
Some leading publications of America (The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times) have already reduced the size of their pages. Such measures are due, in particular, to the loss of paper media readers and advertisers - they are now increasingly go for information on the Internet.