San Francisco-based political and current affairs site Salon on Tuesday initiated a series of layoffs that included cuts to key senior editorial staff.
The news was first reported by Politico.
A total of six staffers were terminated, according to Politico, including long-time assistant managing editor Ruth Henrich, who has been with the publication for 18 years. Personal essays editor Kim Brooks was also among those let go, Politico reported.
In a statement, Salon CEO Cynthia Jeffers said the cuts were due to budget constraints.
“Salon Media Group took steps that we believe will put the company on a stronger path forward,” Jeffers said. “We made the difficult decision to reduce our staff, in addition to other budgetary cuts. We hope these steps will move us in the direction of profitability and align us more closely with our strategy.”
Salon was founded in 1995 by former San Francisco Examiner editor David Talbot, who stepped down as CEO and editor-in-chief in 2005 but returned briefly in 2011 to replace Richard Gingras, who exited the Salon CEO post to head the global news products group at Google. Jeffers, a former technical director and technology VP at The Huffington Post, became Salon CEO and CTO in 2012.
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