At The Journal News, Everyonersquo;s Laid Off and Welcome to Reapply

The Media Equation – At The Journal News, Everyone’s Laid Off and Welcome to Reapply – NYTimes.com:

Specifically, the 288 news and advertising employees at The Journal News were told that jobs were being redefined and that they all would need to reapply for the new positions and that by the time the re-org music stopped, 70 of them would be without jobs.

What fresh hell is this?