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Layoffs continued Thursday at Gannett newspapers, which recently merged with GateHouse to form the nation’s largest newspaper chain. At publication time, a tracking the layoffs listed 17 newspapers affected, with 29 total newsroom personnel laid off. Forty additional people were eliminated from pressroom positions at the Springfield (Missouri) News-Leader, which it was shutting down its press operations and printing instead in Columbia, Missouri. The action had been forecast by several, including . In an earnings call Thursday morning, the company posted a large loss for the fourth quarter, with revenues at the combined company down about 10% and print advertising down 18.4% compared to the same period a year ago. Its stock price has been hammered, down to about $5 a share, losing 20% of its value just in the last week. Andrew Pantazi, president and co-chair of the news guild at the Jacksonville (Florida) Times-Union, has been tracking Gannett layoffs over the past several months. He tweeted about the layoffs and created the Google spreadsheet to track them. Once again, Gannett has shown it doesn’t care about the role journalists play in democracy. Today, across the country, the company is laying off hard-working journalists critical to their communities. I’m tracking the layoffs here: — Andrew Pantazi 🐘 (@apantazi) The Gannett-owned Burlington (Vermont) Free Press Thursday afternoon that it, too, would move its printing and production operation — this one to Portsmouth, New Hampshire — in an announcement similar to the News-Leader’s. This story will be updated. Barbara Allen is the managing editor of poynter.org. She can be reached at ballen@poynter.org or on Twitter, @barbara_allen_Support high-integrity, independent journalism that serves democracy. Make a gift to Poynter today. The Poynter Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, and your gift helps us make good journalism better.A sense of national unity seems like an impossible dream in 2022.Plus, a brewing federal budget battle over funding will decide if your next vaccine is free, and why this week’s COVID-19 data is likely misleading.Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration said this year that about 20 felons who were out of prison have been charged.The Washington Post declared her ‘a pillar of duty and devotion.’ The Calgary Sun wrote, ‘Thank you, ma'am.’Shaw's work during the first Gulf War was instrumental in CNN making a name for itself in the news industry.Start your day informed and inspired.Get the Poynter newsletter that's right for you.

Layoffs continued Thursday at Gannett newspapers, which recently merged with GateHouse to form the nation’s largest newspaper chain. At publication time, a tracking the layoffs listed 17 newspapers affected, with 29 total newsroom personnel laid off. Forty additional people were eliminated from pressroom positions at the Springfield (Missouri) News-Leader, which it was shutting down its press operations and printing instead in Columbia, Missouri. The action had been forecast by several, including . In an earnings call Thursday morning, the company posted a large loss for the fourth quarter,...

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