■ United States
`NY Times' to slash jobs
The New York Times group Wednesday announced plans to cut 190 jobs as it wrestles with the industry-wide problems of dwindling newspaper circulations and a lacklustre advertising market. Two-thirds of the job losses will be at the New York Times. The company said "fewer than two dozen" of the cuts would be from the title's editorial department, through a voluntary redundancy programme. The paper employs 1,200 editorial staff. The other third of the job cuts will come from the New England Media Group, which includes the Boston Globe.
■ United Kingdom
Ismail Merchant dies
Merchant-Ivory, synonomous with classy movie making, is left with only Ivory after the death of Indian-born filmaker Ismail Merchant at the age of 68. Merchant died at a London hospital, surrounded by friends and family, a spokesman at Merchant Ivory Productions' London office said Wednesday. Indian television news reported that he had been unwell for some time and recently underwent surgery for abdominal ulcers. Bombay-born Merchant and Ivory, an American, made some 40 films together, including A Room With a View, The Remains of the Day, and Howards End.
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