Over all, 30 news employees will leave the newspaper through a voluntary severance program, as will 20 in the operations department.

"Hoover has always been a legitimate guy," the news employee said.

Few news employees will lose their jobs, she said.

At that time, he said, his news employees were "going to play this thing straight."

Important news employees expect to be disciplined; some may well be fired.

There are now just over 1,000 news employees and the paper expects about 30 to take the new buyout offer.

The Review has 32 news employees and a business staff of 48.

The company currently has 81 news employees, an unusually large number for an operation of its size.

Magazine Co. informed about 25 news employees at six magazines that they would be laid off.

Former news employees, however, said that management had come late to this concern.