"Sad day for Journalists..." Gannett lays off journalists across the country It's been speculated that Gannett is the paper Anderson Cooper was holding while waiting to go on the Wendy Williams Show in 2012 Note: this has been posted to QRV, reposting not necessary  https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2019/gannett-lays-off-journalists-across-the-country/ Another brutal day for journalism. Gannett began slashing jobs all across the country Wednesday in a cost-cutting move that was anticipated even before the recent news that a hedge-fund company was planning to buy the chain. Layoffs include Another big name is out at the IndyStar: writer and editor Amanda Kingsbury, a 10-year veteran of the paper, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal.  Just a few weeks ago, six longtime IndyStar employees took buyouts. The layoffs also reached the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York. News of the layoffs leaked out on Twitter and across newsrooms on Wednesday afternoon and continued well into the night, with reports of cuts at the Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times, the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the Fort Myers (Florida) News-Press and USA Today’s travel section. It’s still unclear how many journalists and how many news outlets were impacted. Gannett did not respond to a request for comment. Wednesday’s news comes just two weeks after Gannett received an unsolicited proposal to be bought by MNG Enterprises, better known as Digital First Media. Gannett owns USA Today and 109 other local media companies. Digital First, which owns the Denver Post and Boston Herald among other papers, wants to buy Gannett for $1.36 billion.