We'd heard that the media's other, cash-poor shoe would be dropping after the election, when all the campaign money dried up. But the Seattle Times is going shoeless a day early, with the announcement of a "workforce reduction of approximately 130-150 positions, a combination of voluntary separations and layoffs." Back in April, the Times shed 200 employees, and said then that further cuts might be necessary. What with classifieds, real estate, and financial services advertising down to a trickle of their former Niagaras, political advertising was the last...oh, we've done the shoe thing already. But you get the idea. Next up, similar news from the P-I?

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Man, there are going to be some great neighborhood blogs in this city. Kind of kidding. Kind of not.
Yes, but what will the paperboys do? Where do they fit in your brave new world?
You guys hiring?
Seattlest doesn't hire -- they anoint. We're also not hiring -- but we are looking for neighborhood bloggers:
Neighborlogs.com
JSeattle, always hustling hustling.
sell it or get off the corner