Montreal – La Presse is laying off 158 employees as it prepares to eliminate its weekday printed newspaper in January.
The French-language newspaper said it is cutting 102 permanent and 56 temporary positions.
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They include 43 newsroom positions.
However, La Presse said it will still have the largest newsroom in Quebec with 283 employees compared with 239 in 2011, before it began hiring to create a digital offering called La Presse Plus.
The job cuts include unionized, non-unionized and management positions.
La Presse said the departure of unionized positions will be determined in accordance with collective agreements, including seniority.
After the job cuts, the paper will have 633 permanent positions.
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