Massive layoffs are taking place across the country today at Gannett’s newspapers, a move that the company announced last week. I’m not going to try to keep up with the latest — we’ll know in a day or two what the total damage looks like.
Layoffs have started at Gannett. Stories are pouring in from dedicated journalists waiting for the cold, prescheduled HR call that will take away their livelihoods. Corporate profiteers are robbing communities of watchdogs & those who chronicle local life. We have to fight back. https://t.co/CPFWK9iLFd
— Dusty Christensen (@dustyc123) August 12, 2022
Fourteen years ago, I wrote a lengthy article for CommonWealth Magazine about Gannett’s predecessor company, GateHouse Media, which even then was notorious for its slash-and-burn approach. It was ugly, but it looked like they might have a path forward. No more.
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