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Gannett lays off journalists across the country
Poynter ^ | Jan 23 2019 | Tom Jones

Posted on 01/23/2019 7:16:24 PM PST by rintintin

Another brutal day for journalism.

Gannett began slashing jobs all across the country Wednesday in a cost-cutting move that was anticipated even before the recent news that a hedge-fund company was planning to buy the chain.

The cuts were not minor

(Excerpt) Read more at poynter.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: clickbait; digitalfirstmedia; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; gannett; jumpedtheshark; lazyposting; learntocode; mcpaper; media; mediawingofthednc; msm; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; usaptooey
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To: rintintin

“Cost-cutting” hahahahahaha


41 posted on 01/23/2019 8:31:14 PM PST by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday!!!)
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To: rintintin

Well, it has to be either global warming, racism or the government shutdown.

Doesn’t matter because...it’s President Trump’s fault.


42 posted on 01/23/2019 8:31:43 PM PST by moovova (US Govt survey shows three out of four people make up 75% of the total population.)
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To: rintintin

every time a “journalist” gets laid off, an angel gets its wings ...


43 posted on 01/23/2019 8:37:40 PM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: KarlInOhio

Yeah right
Just dumb faggot leftist lying piece of shiite journalists


44 posted on 01/23/2019 8:40:21 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: rintintin
“There is no way to overstate the impact of these Gannett-wide cuts on our ability to cover the community with the depth and breadth we expect and that our readers deserved,’’ Nelson said. “While those of us still in the newsroom remain committed to cover this region the very best we can with the resources we have left, we have to ask: How many more?’’

Wake up and smell the coffee honey, or bleed to death.

I don't care which. You've earned your fate.

45 posted on 01/23/2019 8:41:41 PM PST by gogeo (The Repubs may not always deserve to win, but the RATs always deserve to lose.)
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To: rintintin

I read a local Gannet rag every day online and use a privacy browser to bypass the paywall.


46 posted on 01/23/2019 8:46:12 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: rintintin

Is Twitter exploding?


47 posted on 01/23/2019 8:47:04 PM PST by Calamari (Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
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To: rintintin

bttt


48 posted on 01/23/2019 8:50:38 PM PST by timestax (https://www.flickr.com/)
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To: rintintin

It’s long overdue for Gannet to go out of business. They own the local paper in my town. Historically a conservative town. The paper has been nothing more than a DNC newsletter for decades. When the editor moves on, they send us another East Coast liberal to replace the earlier DNC rep.


49 posted on 01/23/2019 8:53:20 PM PST by aimhigh (1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . ")
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To: madprof98

Our local rag was bought by USA Today and it has gone far left. I wrote scathing letter to the ex-editor telling him that I had found that in a three-month period, 90% of the articles and editor’s comments were all far left, anti-Trump, false news. He called me and said he didn’t believe my study, claiming that the paper was “politically neutral” What a joke! He then said he would not print my letter, as “my numbers were not true.” My best hope is that USA Today will also go broke and soon!


50 posted on 01/23/2019 8:56:17 PM PST by Paulus Invictus (Paulus)
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To: rintintin

Damn shame...


51 posted on 01/23/2019 9:01:00 PM PST by gunnut
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To: rintintin

In the short run downsizing works AND it’ll make [powerful liberals in the newsroom even more powerful. In the long run this stuff is the kiss of death.

Newspapers would do better by targeting the news needs of all the citizens in their cities - not just members of the liberal establishment.


52 posted on 01/23/2019 9:07:35 PM PST by GOPJ (Anyone remember MSNBC bimbos crying about out-of-work steel workers or coal miners or anyone?)
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To: rintintin

“Honey how much money is left in Poppy’s trust fund?”


53 posted on 01/23/2019 9:14:40 PM PST by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: rintintin

Verizon (Huffington Post/Yahoo/AOL), BuzzFeed and Gannett are all laying off staff, more than 1,000 people in all.

Wednesday was a dark day for media jobs, with major cuts coming from three prominent organizations. Verizon Media Group (formerly called Oath, it’s the current parent of the Huffington Post, AOL and Yahoo) reportedly plans to cut around seven percent of its staff (or around 800 employees), while BuzzFeed is laying off around 15 percent of its staff (around 250 people) and Gannett (owner of USA Today and numerous papers across the U.S.) has made major cuts of its own.

BuzzFeed could be looking at mergers with other companies.

https://awfulannouncing.com/online-outlets/verizon-buzzfeed-gannett-laying-off-staff.html

Great Day For America.


54 posted on 01/23/2019 9:20:45 PM PST by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction)
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To: be-baw

I remember them when they started, it was a fun paper to read, and certainly had the best coverage of weather in the US and around the world.

And I remember hoping that maybe they won’t be quite as left-wing as the NY Times...but nope, their editorials were standard Hate-America crap.


55 posted on 01/23/2019 9:40:51 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Baynative

“This is shocking news. I had no idea Gannett had journalists on the payroll.”

What makes you think they do? As far as I’ve ever seen from them, they have DNC operatives CLAIMING to be ‘journalists’.


56 posted on 01/23/2019 9:42:45 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: madprof98

#3. re “How will we survive without USA Today”? Well very, thank you. What was once an interesting paper turned into a leftist rag and birdcage liner.

Let them go down in flames. Nobody will miss them, or at least nobody with half a frontal lobe.


57 posted on 01/23/2019 10:59:56 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: KarlInOhio

Who needs journalist when you can just watch a 2 minute video and make it up from there!


58 posted on 01/23/2019 11:04:23 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: rintintin

Gannett runs my hometown newspaper. There customer service rates a zero. They don’t respond to emails or answer their phone. It is such a joke.


59 posted on 01/23/2019 11:37:23 PM PST by taxesareforever (Islam is an ideology. It is NOT a religion.)
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To: arrogantsob

Central banks create digital currency at computers. Their privileged members get to borrow for free if they pay it back in 30 days. They pay it back in 30 days and borrow it again; rinse and repeat.

Globalists control who is privileged and who is not.

You can take it to the bank, pun intended, that globalists are funding propaganda.

No way in hell is Gannett selling enough soap to fund their operations. They connected their feeding tube to globalists years ago, especially after the financial collapse in March 2009, they all had their hands out asking for a bailout,


60 posted on 01/23/2019 11:43:44 PM PST by Hostage (Article V (Proud Member of the Deranged Q Fringe))
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