Four in the evening

1. Craigslist founder Craig Newmark thinks NPR is the future. Atlantic

2. NPR's Twitter followers want more hard-hitting, breaking news. NPR

3. Former LA Times executive editor John Arthur is now vice president and executive editor of the Bakersfield Californian. BC

4. Greg Sargent at the Plum Line is satisfied that Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell fibbed about attending England's Oxford University. Plum Line

Layoffs, pay cuts at Californian

The Bakersfield Californian is making itself and its paychecks smaller. From Editor and Publisher:

The family-owned Bakersfield Californian has cut 26 jobs -- 20 of them by layoffs -- as part of a wide-ranging austerity plan that includes a 5% salary cut for all non-union employees, an indefinite suspension of 401(k) retirement plan contributions, executive changes including a new newsroom boss, and a pledge for a "total redesign" of the paper and its Web site.

The job cuts, amounting to 11% of the staff, is the second round of layoffs in the last four months as the paper's revenue continues to spiral downward from California's collapsed housing market.

Cuts in Bakersfield

The Bakersfield Californian today cut 25 employees "as a last resort to bring our financial house in order." LA Observed has the memo.