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Investment firm wants to buy papersPhiladelphia InquirerAlden owns 8.4 million shares of stock in Gannett Co. Inc., valued Monday at $158 million, and 1.5 million shares of stock in the McClatchy Co., ...and more »
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Binghamton area in 'moderating recession,' economists sayPress & Sun-BulletinThe Binghamton area ranks in the bottom 20 percent of US metros when it comes to projected ...and more »
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Greater Binghamton salaries: Public payroll grows by 1.2%Press & Sun-BulletinCollege, school district and local government employees in Greater Binghamton were paid ...and more »
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DeSoto COA anticipates job loses, salary reductionsShreveport TimesMANSFIELD — It's possible that up to four DeSoto Council on Aging employees could lose their jobs ...and more »
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Earnings Preview: McClatchy looks for ad recoveryThe Associated PressTwo other publishers, Gannett Co. and Lee Enterprises Inc., have both notched advertising declines of just 8 percent for the first three months of 2010. ...and more »
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...Today's workers had to take two weeks of unpaid leave last year. Cost-cutting measures like that, along with a series of layoffs in recent years, have enabled Gannett to boost its profit even as its newspapers bring in less money. The company also is getting...
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RTT NewsEarnings Preview: Ad slump looms over Gannett's 1QThe Associated PressCost-cutting measures like that, along with a series of layoffs in recent years, have enabled Gannett to boost its profit even as its newspapers bring in ...Gannett Says Ad Recession EasingTheStreet.comall 381 news articles »
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Joblessness article missed TJN's lossesThe Journal News | LoHud.com... companies such as Chevrolet, Fortunoff and Mastercard, whose layoffs contributed to the jobless rate, you failed to mention your own company, Gannett. ...
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Superintendent: More layoffs likely for Montgomery Public SchoolsMontgomery AdvertiserSuperintendent Barbara Thompson said Monday that the Montgomery County public school system ...and more »
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Montgomery Public Schools job cuts draw criticismMontgomery AdvertiserAlabama Education Association head Paul Hubbert and state Rep. Jay Love are questioning the ...and more »
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Star-Bulletin staff get layoff noticesBizjournals.com... which comes just over a week after an estimated 600 employees of the Advertiser received their layoff notices from owner Gannett Co. ...'Honolulu Star-Bulletin' Losing $13 Million Annually, Sales Brochure SaysEditor & Publisherall 6 news articles »
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Weatherization program fails to result in job, energy savingsPress & Sun-BulletinWASHINGTON -- When Congress enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act a year ...and more »
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Examiner.comNJ reform opportunity better than everExaminer.comOnly yesterday The Daily Record (Morristown) carried a Gannett News Service report showing that 14 tax-supported New Jersey colleges spent $14.5 million ...and more »
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KATUUnion council meets todayHonolulu Advertiser... many of whom will likely face layoffs. Gannett Co. yesterday said it had reached an agreement to sell The Advertiser to Oahu Publications Inc., ...Honolulu Star-Bulletin buys rival AdvertiserThe Associated PressNewspaper workers still trying to make sense of buyoutHawaii News NowHonolulu becomes latest one-paper townLost RemoteStraight.com -Vancouver Sun -Honolulu Star-Bulletinall 333 news articles »
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Layoffs announced at Steuben GlassElmira Star-GazetteA little more than two years after Corning Inc. sold an 80 percent stake in Steuben ...and more »
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With state aid cuts likely, school districts prepare for layoffs, fewer programsElmira Star-GazetteLocal school boards and district administrators are considering cuts to jobs and ...and more »
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Citizens to be heard New Rochelle City Council Meeting 09.08.09 Firefighter Layoffs Local 273 New Ro New Roc City UFFA News 12 Westchester Journal News Gannett Westchester New York Protest Fire Dept
Citizens to be heard New Rochelle City Council Meeting 09.08.09 Firefighter Layoffs Local 273 New Ro New Roc City UFFA News 12 Westchester Journal News Gannett Westchester New York Protest Fire Dept
Citizens to be heard New Rochelle City Council Meeting 09.08.09 Firefighter Layoffs Local 273 New Ro New Roc City UFFA News 12 Westchester Journal News Gannett Westchester New York Protest
Citizens to be heard New Rochelle City Council Meeting 09.08.09 Firefighter Layoffs Local 273 New Ro New Roc City UFFA News 12 Westchester Journal News Gannett Westchester New York Protest
Citizens to be heard New Rochelle City Council Meeting 09.08.09 Firefighter Layoffs Local 273 New Ro New Roc City UFFA News 12 Westchester Journal News Gannett Westchester New York Protest
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NEW YORK » The latest wrenching cutbacks at Gannett Co. fell this week, as hundreds of employees at the country's largest newspaper publisher received notices of layoffs.
The company informed its newspapers last week that roughly 1,400 positions would
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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...Journal's Web site. The Journal quoted an unnamed person familiar with the McLean, Va.-based company's thinking. The layoffs aren't a major surprise because Gannett's main source of revenue -- advertising -- has been rapidly drying up. Ad sales at Gannett's...
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http://www.firstcoastnews.com/money/news-article.aspx?storyid=140769&provider=rss
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...an unnamed person familiar with the McLean, Va.-based company's thinking. The layoffs aren't a major surprise because Gannett's main source of revenue — advertising — has been rapidly drying up. Ad sales at Gannett's newspapers plunged 34 percent during the...
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Newsvine
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/30/2985497-report-gannett-to-lay-off-more-than-1000-workers
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NEW YORK The Gannett Co. confirmed today that it will reduce its workforce within the next several days.
Gannett executives told told The New York Times' Richard Perez-Pena that the McLean, Va.-based company is getting ready to issue another round of
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Editor & Publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003989257
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This just moved by the New York Times:
The Gannett Company, owner of the nation’s largest newspaper chain, will go through another round of layoffs soon, with an announcement possible in the next few days, executives said Tuesday.
The company’s United
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Gannett Blog
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...teens" during the second quarter appears likely, Dubow told analysts in the conference call. To shore up its profits, Gannett has been slashing its expenses through layoffs and furloughs. It also has been combining some of its newspapers' printing and distribution...
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Asbury Park Press
http://www.app.com/article/20090417/BUSINESS/904170361/1003/rss08
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...Chief Executive Craig Dubow, to take one week of unpaid leave. The furloughs are meant to avoid further layoffs after Gannett cut 4,000 jobs, or about 10 percent of its work force, last year. Shareholders also will relinquish some of their income, with Gannett's...
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009047954_apgannettearningspreview.html?syndication=rss
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...in a company memo must be taken before July and are designed to spread the pain through Gannett without the need for further layoffs. The McLean, Va.-based company jettisoned about 4,000 jobs, or about 10 percent of its work force, last year to survive a...
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The Denver Channel
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/money/18993923/detail.html
Lynn Huston anchors Emeritus Newsbrief. 1st jet water landing video. Obama-Biden train rallies. Stimulus change talk. Latest layoffs. Major newspaper files bankruptcy. Gannett likely to close another. ... "job cuts" "Insurance for jobless" "corporate tax shelters"
www.employmentcrossing.com The Tigard, Oregon-based charity Medical Teams International has laid off nine people. The charity sends doctors and medical supplies to areas throughout the world. Spokeswoman Marlene Minor says the nine people, which represent 10 percent of the organization's staff, were part of a small administrative core. She says the layoffs resulted from a sharp drop in donations in the last few months. According to Medical Teams International, the organization assists 5.4 million people in Afghanistan, Honduras, Ethiopia and 41 other countries.
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