Facing falling revenue in a stalling economy, the Los Angeles Times on Monday laid off 75 editorial employees, part of a 200-person reduction that began last week.

he cuts represented about 10 percent of the editorial staff, Editor Russ Stanton said in an e-mail memo. The cuts reflect conditions across the newspaper industry, which is confronting sharply deteriorating print advertising revenue.

Monday’s staff reduction came on top of earlier cuts this year. In February, The Times slashed 100 jobs, including more than 40 in the newsroom. In July the company reduced the number of pages it published each week by 14 percent and eliminated 135 positions from the newsroom.

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