Several overseas bureaus have been closed, and correspondents let go.
Mr. Young has worked for many magazines, including Life in its overseas bureaus in Moscow and Vienna.
Two years later he opened Johnson's first overseas bureau, in Paris.
They have significantly cut the number of overseas bureaus and are relying heavily on dispatches from bureaus in London.
With profits falling, many newspapers have cut back on their most expensive reporting projects - overseas bureaus and investigative journalism.
But editors will always desire more staff and overseas bureaux than can be afforded.
Is The Times prepared to ask official permission every time it wants to open an overseas bureau?
One of Pan American's first customers, CNN, has used its satellite mainly to send programming abroad but also to get material from overseas bureaus.
Closing down an overseas bureau and hiring independent "stringers" to do the reporting can be considered a specialized form of outsourcing.
The network news divisions have significantly cut the number of overseas bureaus they maintain and are relying heavily on dispatches from bureaus in London.