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Gannett Cuts Staff At NJ Newspapers

  • AP, Wednesday, January 12, 2011 11:11 PM
Gannett Co. will lay off nearly half its editorial staff at three New Jersey community newspapers by next month and will restructure the remaining positions. The affected newspapers are the Courier News of Bridgewater, Daily Record of Parsippany and Home News Tribune of East Brunswick, where a combined 99 staff members will have to apply for 53 remaining positions. Those not kept will be cut loose by Feb. 4.

The company offered to pay staff the difference between their salary and unemployment insurance, a week for every year of service up to 26 weeks, but no less than four, according to a staff member. Since December 2008, Gannett eliminated more than 300 full-time and about 20 part-time positions at its six New Jersey newspapers.

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