That represents a cut of about 50 more jobs than Newsday expected when it closed the New York edition.
The content is a somewhat condensed version of the New York edition, but features a focus on each edition's local region.
The circulation of the New York edition, which was introduced three years ago, reached 145,000 this month, he said, and should hit 160,000 by December.
"This is a Brungarian newspaper which puts out a New York edition," he explained.
The job losses included 700 when the New York edition of Newsday was closed.
The 762,000 buyers of the New York regional edition will also get later news and sports.
The second annual New York edition of a festival featuring a small but significant new international movement, electro-acoustic improvisation.
He put together a New York edition when he moved here a year ago.
As for your question, we first need to stiplulate that we're talking about the New York edition.
Newsday executives have long argued that the New York edition is necessary to give advertisers a wider audience, for which they pay an added rate.