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 | | Ask Rick Weiss, a staff writer and the news- side co-chair of the Post Guild unit, or Rick Ehrmann, the local representative of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, why the deal was put on the table, and they answer "cost-cutting" with not a doubt in their minds. |
 | | Looking ahead, however, "there is an enormous opportunity in the newsroom to take advantage of the hiring that we're going to go and do over the next 18 months," he said in early February. |
 | | Not to minimize the contributions of those who left, he says, but "I'm sure we'll grow great stars to fill their positions." Ahrens is also glad to see journalists, who don't bring in a lot of money, at least not in "real-world money" terms, get a little more than a gold watch as a reward. |
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