GREY LADY SPILLING RED With too few journos accepting buyout offers, the Times Arthur Sulzberger authorized the paper's first mass firing, laying off 15 editorial types to reach the goal of 100 total exits. Says exec ed Bill Keller in a memo: "While the overwhelming majority of our reductions did indeed come from volunteers, we have been forced to resort to a relatively small number of layoffs to meet our assigned goal." [KK]