Earlier this year, newly minted Washington Times EIC John Solomon began making changes at his new place of employ. His first move was to bring an end to some of the Times’ most sacred traditions: like deploying scare-quotes around the word “marriage” when preceded by the word “gay,” and belittling a major national political figure and presidential nominee by referring to her constantly with her first name. Also, they resolved to be slightly less douchey…

City Desk apparently has a fantastic set of sources inside the newsrooms of the District’s two main competing newspapers, and today they bring us updates on the layoffs that have been hitting the industry at almost every level. First, the Washington Times. According to a memo from new Editor in Chief John Solomon, the Times is finally looking to be a profitable operation, possibly in hopes of actually giving money back to primary owner Rev….