The Wall Street Journal is cutting staff as it transforms to more of a digital operation, editor Gerald Baker said via a staff memo.

"We will be consolidating some areas of coverage,” he said, “merging some bureaus and teams, and discontinuing completely some of what we do.”

The Dow Jones unit is reducing staff in its European bureaus and closing offices in Helsinki and Prague.

Baker will eliminate some blogs and the small-business group.

He noted that a number of people will take buyouts at the end of the June 30 fiscal year.

Baker did not mention the number of cuts that are targeted. He told staffers that "dozens more jobs in the critical areas of business, finance, technology" would be added.

News Corp owns Dow Jones.