Newsroom leadership and management positions announced include the following: Christopher Dolan, National Politics Editor; Jerry Seper, Investigative Editor; Victor Morton, News Editor; and John Bourantos, Night Editor. President and publisher Jonathan Slevin announced some management changes in a release put out just now that includes additional personal moves in anticipation of Monday's launch of a new, refocused print edition. David Jones, the managing editor for print, was let go today along with several other high-ranking editors.  The departure of Managing Editor Jeffrey Birnbaum wouldn't be the only change taking place today at the Washington Times, as staffers assembled for a 3:30 p.m. meeting to hear about further layoffs and cuts at the paper. The Times has lost money since its inception, industry analysts have long said, yet had seemed to carve out a niche of coverage in the nation's capital, particularly for its conservative editorial pages. The paper's Redskins beat reporter, Ryan O'Halloran, said he learned Wednesday that he had been laid off while covering a practice for the Redskins' Sunday game, which he already had been told he wouldn't be sent to cover. Slevin's statement said that the new version of the paper would emphasize investigative reporting, coverage of national politics, cultural issues, international and domestic economic matters and "in-depth local reporting." Slevin said in a statement that "Monday begins a new chapter in the history of The Washington Times as a 21st-century multimedia company."
– The Washington Times has slashed half of its 170 newsroom staff ahead of Monday's relaunch of its print edition. The sports and metro sections will cease to exist as separate sections and nearly all staff members of those sections have been laid off, sources tell the Washington Post. Managing editor David Jones is among several high-ranking editors losing their jobs. "None of us understand what the strategy is," departing assistant managing editor for world and national security Barbara Slavin tells Politico. The cuts have been done in a "haphazard way," she added. Times president Jonathan Slevin issued a statement saying next week "begins a new chapter in the history of the Washington Times as a 21st-century multimedia company."