San Jose Mercury News cuts 50 jobs

The Mercury News cut 50 jobs today through a combination of layoffs and buyouts, and named new business and editorial page editors to replace managers who accepted buyouts.

Barbara J. Marshman, associate editor, will replace Stephen E. Wright as editorial page editor. She is the first woman to hold that job at the Mercury News.

Deputy business editor Stephen R. Trousdale replaces Rebecca Salner as business editor.

The appointments were announced by Editor David J. Butler.

Fifteen newsroom employees and 19 employees from other parts of the paper were laid off today. Earlier in the week, 16 employees accepted buyout offers, five from the newsroom. The reductions represent a cut of about 5 percent for the newspaper.