Crain’s Chicago Business: To make Tribune Publishing CEO Jack Griffin’s acquisition strategy work, a price has to be paid, and last week a third of the employees at the San Diego Union-Tribune bore that expense. The San Diego newspaper told staff members that the company is cutting 178 employees. Griffin has laid out a strategy of buying newspapers across the country to build the company’s presence in markets where it already has a dominant position. While an enlarged footprint will add readers and may win more national advertisers, the move in San Diego shows the strategy relies heavily on cutting costs.