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Aug. 26-Sept. 1 | Your News & Comments: Part 1 27 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
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What to say when readers complain 'you keep shrinking my newspaper and charging me more' 25 Aug 2013 | 12:56 am
The Journal & Courier in Lafayette, Ind., is killing its TV grid, dropping the already-meager stock market listings, and publishing business news and opinion pages just three times a week instead of s...
Here's the full text of Witt's talking points memo 25 Aug 2013 | 12:55 am
In Lafayette, Ind., Journal & Courier Executive Editor Howard Witt asked employees to use the following to resolve reader complaints when the paper cuts way back on news, opinion and features coverage...
Aug. 19-25 | Your News & Comments: Part 6 24 Aug 2013 | 08:59 pm
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Estimated layoffs, other job cuts now total 360 24 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Those are across at least 57 mostly newspaper worksites, according to Gannett Blog readers. The estimated job cuts includes open positions that have been eliminated in a cost-reduction round that star...
Aug. 19-25 | Your News & Comments: Part 5 24 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
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Pensacola | Publisher, top editor both to 'retire' 24 Aug 2013 | 01:03 am
In a big management shake-up today, Pensacola News Journal Publisher Kevin Doyle and Executive Editor Richard Schneider announced their retirements at a staff meeting, the paper is now reporting. The...
U.S. Justice Department seeks more on Belo deal 23 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
In a just-issued press release, Corporate says the request -- the Justice Department's second -- isn't unusual. USA Today breaks down the frequency of these DOJ requests, and their outcomes.
How to make a mass layoff as painful as possible; thousands of East employees are left in the dark 23 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm
Including this latest one, I've covered five mass layoffs -- those involving at least hundreds of jobs -- since Gannett's first big one, in August 2008, and every one has been awful for those getting ...
Rochester | Tipster: here come XXX layoffs 22 Aug 2013 | 11:31 pm
I can't disclose the number just yet, according to my source. But it's fewer than 10 across New York's Rochester Democratic and Chronicle.