Gannett layoffs

[OTD]

At least 10, including an old friend, at Florida Today.

 

[Steak Snabler]

How 'bout this?

"I was working on a scoop on Jack White's divorce when The Tennessean laid me off," courts reporter Bobby Allyn tells Romenesko readers.

"As soon as I got the court filing, the paper's secretary called. 'You're wanted in HR in 10 minutes.'

"After they canned me, I walked the scoop across the street (to Nashville City Paper)."

http://jimromenesko.com/2013/08/01/the-best-story-to-come-out-of-todays-gannett-layoffs/

 

[alanpagerules]

Layoffs closing in on 200: http://gannettblog.blogspot.com

 

[HejiraHenry]

How 'bout this?

"I was working on a scoop on Jack White's divorce when The Tennessean laid me off," courts reporter Bobby Allyn tells Romenesko readers.

"As soon as I got the court filing, the paper's secretary called. 'You're wanted in HR in 10 minutes.'

"After they canned me, I walked the scoop across the street (to Nashville City Paper)."

http://jimromenesko.com/2013/08/01/the-best-story-to-come-out-of-todays-gannett-layoffs/

I'm advised that Nashville folks expect there will be more layoffs in the next few days, in line with totals at some of the other larger Gannett papers.

 

[TigerVols]

How 'bout this?

"I was working on a scoop on Jack White's divorce when The Tennessean laid me off," courts reporter Bobby Allyn tells Romenesko readers.

"As soon as I got the court filing, the paper's secretary called. 'You're wanted in HR in 10 minutes.'

"After they canned me, I walked the scoop across the street (to Nashville City Paper)."

http://jimromenesko.com/2013/08/01/the-best-story-to-come-out-of-todays-gannett-layoffs/

Lotta good that will do him; the City Paper announced last week it's ceasing publication.

 

[PaperDoll]

It looks like my regional group lost 20 people, including a fabulous photog, a tech guy who spoke newsroom English, some veteran news-side copy editors, and a sports reporter.

It appears the Central division papers were the hardest hit this time. However, a friend at the Indy Star said that newsroom was untouched and it looks like Detroit escaped relatively unscathed.

 

[wisportswriter]

I heard 5 at the Des Moines Register. One for certain was a former co-worker.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

I heard 5 at the Des Moines Register. One for certain was a former co-worker.

The one I heard for sure from there is a sports guy who probably had more bylines than anyone at that forking place. And from a ridiculously long list of different schools/sports/levels.

 

[albert77]

I'm hearing 8 in Jackson and at least 3 in Hattiesburg. Tough day. No such thing as job security in this biz. But we knew that already.

 

[wicked]

Quite the opposite about Indy's newsroom being untouched, it had some layoffs and the Indy Guild even posted about them.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Apparently the Cincy Enquirer closed its Kentucky edition.

 

[amraeder]

How 'bout this?

“I was working on a scoop on Jack White’s divorce when The Tennessean laid me off,” courts reporter Bobby Allyn tells Romenesko readers.

“As soon as I got the court filing, the paper’s secretary called. ‘You’re wanted in HR in 10 minutes.’

“After they canned me, I walked the scoop across the street (to Nashville City Paper).”

http://jimromenesko.com/2013/08/01/the-best-story-to-come-out-of-todays-gannett-layoffs/

From the link, this is sad to hear:

"No severance package at all, by the way. Zilch. It's the new Gannett norm."