The layoffs at Westword mentioned in this blog didn't take place in a vaccum -- and had I not been on vacation until today, I would have seen them coming thanks to a memo issued by Village Voice Media chairman and CEO Jim Larkin and executive editor Michael Lacey (pictured). A printout of the December 31 document waited in my mailbox today; it features information about job cuts and "additional measures" intended to help the company weather the current economic storm. Read it after the jump. --
