The company hired NPR vice president and executive editor Terence Samuel to be editor in chief of its flagship national paper, USA Today, which is not part of this week's work action. Gannett has added respected news leaders in recent days. Media NPR's Terence Samuel to lead USA Today The meeting, however, was brief with no questions taken by Reed, according to Schleuss, who said he attended the meeting. The staff demanded that shareholders at an annual meeting Monday morning cast a vote of no confidence in Reed's leadership. Workers are focusing their ire on Mike Reed, the former GateHouse chief who now leads the new Gannett Co. The walkout is said to be the largest labor action in Gannett's history. with debt that led to hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts. Financing for the merger loaded up the new Gannett Co. since it merged with GateHouse Media four years ago to make a newspaper behemoth. And, they note, they are now being asked to do more than ever.Īccording to Jon Schleuss, the president of the NewsGuild, corporate executives have eliminated 54% of the combined workforce of Gannett Co. The journalists and representatives at their union, the NewsGuild, accuse Gannett of undercompensating them for years. The newspapers, in seven states, include The Arizona Republic, The Austin American Statesman, The Florida Times-Union, The Asbury Park Press and others.
They're protesting working conditions at their papers and launching a lacerating attack on Gannett's chief executive. Hundreds of journalists are walking off the job Monday and Tuesday at two dozen newspapers owned by the Gannett company. The NewsGuild noted their ranks have been decimated by cuts required to finance a merger with another major newspaper company four years ago. Journalists at two dozen Gannett Co.-owned newspapers across the country staged a walk-out Monday and Tuesday to protest pay and working conditions.
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