USA Today cuts news jobs

The Washington Business Journal reports USA Today is cutting 26 more newsroom jobs and Gannett's newspapers are implementing a 1-week furlough in the first quarter as the newspaper chain continues to struggle.

While the economy may be turning around I doubt it will be quick enough or robust enough to save most daily newspapers.

Even USA Today is down

And the Publisher jumps from the sinking ship. He denies it, naturally

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123854670808076289.html#mod=rss_media_marketing

Drama in Tuscon

Read all about it at the Gannett Blog http://gannettblog.blogspot.com/

A former Gannett employee runs a blog keeping tabs on that chain

Here's the link: http://gannettblog.blogspot.com/

Gannett has a bad reputation among the rank-and-file even among media chains. It's not rock bottom, however, that honor undoubtedly belongs to JRC.