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Gannett To Fire 700 Workers

Gannett will fire about 700 employees at its 80 U.S. community newspapers -- roughly 2% of its workforce, according to a memo attributed to the community publishing division's president, Bob Dickey.

Since Gannett flagship USA Today is not part of that division, it won't have to suffer layoffs -- at least not immediately, anyway.

This is the fourth mass layoff at Gannett in the past three years, writes PaidContent, citing Gannet Blog's Jim Hopkins for the stat.

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