…cut by more than half, through layoffs and attrition, since GateHouse Media purchased the paper just three years ago. GateHouse later merged with the current owner, Gannett, which has recently…
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Seeking a voice in the workplace, journalists of South Bend Tribune announce union campaign
…In January 2019, The Tribune was acquired by GateHouse Media, one of the largest media companies in the country. Then, in November 2019, GateHouse merged with USA Today Network owner…
For the future of their newsroom, staff of Delaware Online, News Journal move to unionize
…recent merger of Gannett and GateHouse Media to form the nation’s largest media company, has made the industry even more uncertain and journalists have responded by organizing. Last month, journalists…
Journalists of South Bend Tribune unionize, adding momentum to organizing surge
…merger with GateHouse Media in November. “In the last several months, it became clear that many in our newsroom sought a voice in the future of the South Bend Tribune,”…
Desert Sun journalists win union vote
…organizing drives in newsrooms across the country, including at Gannett, which merged with GateHouse Media in a private equity-funded takeover in 2019. The company has laid off workers and frozen…
Gannett shareholders reject Guild proposal for report on journalism
…United Media Guild local of The NewsGuild-CWA. The meeting, held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic, was the first since the GateHouse-Gannett merger. “The report would give shareholders a comprehensive…
Tired of watching co-workers come and go, Desert Sun’s journalists announce union campaign
…costly takeover by GateHouse Media. The Arizona Republic voted overwhelmingly to organize in 2019, and four Gannett newsrooms in Florida — the Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach Daily News, Naples…
Announcing union campaign, journalists of southwest Florida see hope for the future
…conditions resulting from a corporate merger between Gannett and GateHouse Media. “This has taken a toll on our working conditions,” they wrote. “We have lost skilled journalists, and in many…
Hedge fund founder Randall Smith and his wife gave $100,000 to the president’s 2020 joint fundraising committee
…the Gannett and GateHouse newspaper chains merged, a bitter pill for Alden because its own takeover of Gannett was thwarted earlier in the year. It’s hard to say what prompted…