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Staff at Cleveland鈥檚 largest news outlet could learn  who has accepted a round of buyouts offered for Cleveland.com staff and for Plain Dealer managers.

The Northeast Ohio Newspaper Guild, which represents Plain Dealer staff, said on Twitter this week that the news outlet鈥檚 parent company, Advance Ohio, offered voluntary buyouts for staff with at least 15 years of experience.

That applies not to the newspaper guild, but to PD managers and all staff at the non-unionized sister company, Cleveland.com.

, Advance Ohio president Chris Quinn said the financial situation is not dire.

鈥淚t鈥檚 just the falling circulation numbers in print, they continue to hamper us,鈥� Quinn said. 鈥淪o we鈥檒l鈥攜ou hate to see them go, they鈥檙e veteran people, it鈥檚 a lot of experience. Nothing matters more. But if it fits for where they are in their lives, and we can save some money, we鈥檙e going to do it.鈥�

Even after the buyouts, Quinn said, the news outlet will still be 鈥渁 huge operation.鈥�

In a written statement, one of the vice presidents of the guild, Rachel Dissell, questioned that explanation. 

鈥淭he Guild is sad for the loss of any journalists, especially ones with institutional knowledge and experience who have done what we view as a public service for Cleveland,鈥� Dissell wrote. 鈥淏ut we also are baffled how print circulation can be blamed for buyouts at a digital company that we鈥檝e been told again and again over five years is a separate entity from The Plain Dealer.鈥�