Insiders at SF Chronicle, according to SFBG, say that "it wants to cut 150 union workers, most of them in the newsroom." Egads. That is to say, half of the newsroom would be cut. Hearst Corporation also wants to end seniority at the paper. (No more overinflated masthead titles? Noooooooo!) This could mean a somewhat serious reduction in Bay Area coverage. This news comes on the heels of last week's announcement that Hearst Corporation might shutdown the paper for good.

SF Bay Guardian goes on to say, "Hell, if heads are going to fall, it would be interesting to know what criteria will be used. Is it because a reporter is too old, too expensive, too radical, too irreverent? Or what?" If you go by Chron/SFGate's bizarre and naive Twitter coverage of the prop. 8 hearing, all of the above would be our guess.