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About 500 people are taking buyouts at Gannett
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About 500 people are taking buyouts at Gannett

In October, Gannett offered a round of voluntary buyouts to all its employees. Poynter has learned that roughly 600 people opted in and roughly 500 buyouts were accepted... “Gannett’s furloughs earlier this year and the recent buyouts undermine our democracy,” said Jon Schleuss, president of The NewsGuild — Communications Workers of America. “It’s a disgrace that any news company thinks it can cut its way to success.”

About 500 people are taking buyouts at Gannett

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Newspapers face struggle to remain viable, relevant
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Newspapers face struggle to remain viable, relevant

“In a smaller community or even a city the size of Shreveport/Bossier, you need enough journalists to cover what’s happening in the city government, what’s happening at the parish level, what’s happening at the state level, especially what’s happening down in Baton Rouge,” NewsGuild President Jon Schleuss said.

Newspapers face struggle to remain viable, relevant

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As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place
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As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place

But those operations run just several sites each, while Mr. Timpone’s network has more than twice as many sites as the nation’s largest newspaper chain, Gannett. And while political groups have helped finance networks like Courier, investors in news operations typically don’t weigh in on specific articles.

As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place