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DOJ and FTC need to scrutinize news mergers

Posted on September 19, 2023September 19, 2023Author The NewsGuild-CWACategories Featured, News

…cross ownership, laying out several examples where hedge fund Alden Global Capital purchased shares of Gannett, Gatehouse, Tribune Publishing and Lee Enterprises before making attempts to purchase each of them….

Photo of person holding sign at a rally during a strike at Gannett that reads, "Don't starve local news." Other workers and supporters are in the background with one sign that reads "Palm Beach NewsGuild walks out"

Here’s how you can support striking Guild members

Posted on June 8, 2023June 8, 2023Author Jon SchleussCategories Featured, News

…CEO Mike Reed this week. Under Reed’s stewardship of the company following the merger of GateHouse Media and Gannett Media in November 2019, newsrooms have been hollowed out, local news…

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Unions, public interest advocates thwart hedge fund’s attempted takeover of local news and set groundbreaking FCC precedent  

Posted on May 22, 2023May 22, 2023Author The NewsGuild-CWACategories Featured, News

…also financed the disastrous merger of Gatehouse and Gannett in 2019, resulting in a large debt load and a 56% cut of jobs at both companies since the merger just…

Arizona Republic Newsroom Votes to Unionize

Posted on October 10, 2019November 18, 2021Author Sally DavidowCategories Gannett, News, Organizing, Press Releases

…newsroom chose to unite to protect benefits, improve working conditions and win a seat at the table. A looming merger between Republic parent company Gannett and GateHouse Media aims to…

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America’s journalists want the JCPA to support journalism jobs, not hedge funds

Posted on December 6, 2022December 13, 2022Author The NewsGuild-CWACategories Featured, News

…Since GateHouse purchased Gannett and assumed its name in November 2019, it will have cut over half its workforce by the end of this year. Meanwhile, Mr. Reed’s compensation grew…

Newsletter: The Hill journalists launch union campaign, more workers under contract

Posted on May 24, 2022June 2, 2022Author Jon SchleussCategories Bargaining, CWA Canada, Events, Latest News, News, Newsletter, Organizing, Save The News

…destroying civic life and hurting our readers’ ability to participate in our democracy. Remember, Apollo helped finance the merger of Gannett and Gatehouse in 2019. Members of the Washington State NewsGuild were insulted by…

America needs stronger reviews of news company mergers 

Posted on April 27, 2022April 29, 2022Author Sally DavidowCategories Alden, Featured, Gannett, Latest News, News, Save The News, Tribune

Gannett and GateHouse merged in 2019. Alden Global Capital gobbled up Tribune Publishing in 2021. Alden made a play for Lee Enterprises in 2022 – and may make another. “Consolidation…

Desert Sun journalists launch ULP strike to demand a fair contract

Posted on March 1, 2024March 4, 2024Author Rebekah EntralgoCategories Featured, News, Uncategorized

…local reporters since its merger with GateHouse in 2019. In 2022, Gannett cut nearly 20% of its journalism jobs, instituted unpaid furloughs and a hiring slowdown and suspended company contributions…

Newsletter: Miami walks out, Buzzfeed authorizes a strike and Condé union gets bigger

Posted on April 4, 2022June 2, 2022Author Jon SchleussCategories Alden, Bargaining, CWA Canada, Events, Latest News, Lee Enterprises, McClatchy, News, Newsletter, Save The News

…this takeover further erode the number of local journalists in the U.S.? Remember, Apollo helped finance the Gannett-Gatehouse merger and since then we’ve lost thousands more journalists. Members of the…

Record-Courier staffers to vote on unionization

Posted on March 7, 2022March 7, 2022Author Sally DavidowCategories Featured, Gannett, Latest News, News, Organizing

…newspaper was purchased in 2017 by GateHouse Media, which changed its name to Gannett following a corporate merger in 2019. Since the ownership change, several journalists have been laid off,…

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