Gannett, owner of the Pensacola News Journal, is getting in live webcasting of high school sports according to the Gannett Blog. Extending its live webcasting experiments, Gannett has launched a new high…
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Gannett newspaper revenue falls again
The parent company of the Pensacola News Journal reports its non-broadcast revenue dropped to $300 million, compared with $361 million in August 2007, was only slightly higher than the 16.3% decrease in…
Gannett severance package
Gannett’s severance package isn’t quite as generous as the Escambia County buy-out: Severance Benefits • One week of pay for each year of service (52 week maximum) • Minimum two-week severance benefit…
Ivey to leave Louisville paper
Former PNJ publisher Denise Ivey is leaving the The Courier-Journal in Louisville, KY. The alt-paper, LEO, has this take on what it calls the “Friday Afternoon Massacre.” …from Ivey’s memo: “I am…
Gannett Blog also went after editor
Gannettblog – May 20, 2008: The top editor at the Pensacola News Journal, Dick Schneider, writes about his paper’s asking readers for money-saving ideas to help them through rocky economic times in…
PNJ may produce your ads in India
The Gannettblog reports: Pensacola, Fla., and beyond, advertising-production artists are terrified of being the next to lose jobs to Los Angeles-based 2AdPro, which is shipping their work to India as fast as…
PNJ website navigation
I think I figured out how to find the local news on the new pnj.com. Try clicking on News in the top navigation bar, then local. Not sure if this is all…
Gannett revenue down 31 percent
AP & CNN report: Gannett Co. (NYSE:GCI), the largest newspaper publisher in the United States, said Friday that falling revenue from broadcast and newspaper ad sales combined with an impairment charge drove…
Gannett blogger: ad production may be outsourced
The Gannett Blog reports that the media giant – which owns the Pensacola News Journal, USA Today and other papers – is moving advertising production work to India. Just think your PNJ…
Gannett revenues slip
But they still made $234 million in the third quarter. Yahoo News has the full report with the facts and figures. Read more
Gannett is transforming, not like the movie
Poytner Online has a memo from Gannett CEO Craig Dubow to his employees that lauds the success of USA Today and discusses the “transformation” of Gannett: Right now, Gannett is again in…
Gannett denies sale
Yesterday the IN Daily News reported (Gannett Selling?)on buzz on the Wall Street Journal that Gannett (owner of the Pensacola News Journal, Bella, Pelican, Home & Garden, Gosport, et al) is preparing…
Gannett 2Q report: Profits up; ads down
Gannett Co. reported higher second-quarter profits yesterday thanks to the sale of several newspapers. The largest newspaper publisher in the country (which locally includes Pensacola News Journal, Pensacola Business Journal, Home &…
Gannett tightens up more
The alt-weekly in Burlington, VT reports that its local Gannett-owned daily newspaper, Burlington Free Press, has initiated more cost cutting measures: eliminating free parking for employees and bottled water from the breakroom….
Gannett cuts more corners in Arizona
I ran across this article by the Phoenix New Times – another alt-weekly. The Gannett-owned Arizona Republic started publishing a smaller, abbreviated Monday newspaper paper which folded more sections into the first…
Gannett newspaper operations slip
According to AP: Gannett’s April revenue shrank by 2% from April 2006, with ad revenue falling 3.1%. Goldman Sachs analyst Peter Appert cut his profit estimates for both companies (McClatchy Co., too…
Dailies are killing the golden goose
Mother Jones takes a look at newspaper chains: “It’s not the Internet that’s killing newspapers. It’s the equity-chasing investors and their friends at the FCC who have put outsize profits before a…
Buzz: Cuts continue at PNJ
Delivery drivers were given notice with their last paychecks that their final day will be 2/4/07. Heard 12 writers and sale reps walked out – probably terminated – last Friday.
Gannett wants CareerBuilder
Gannett continues to review Tribune financials for a possible offer. According to Chicago Tribune writer Michael Oneal (Gannett may be interested ), its the CareerBuilder – employment tabloid and website – that…
Gannett cash flow at $680M. PNJ raises ad rates.
Gannett, one of the largest newspaper chains in the country, had cash flow of $680 million for the first half of the year. PNJ announced this month its raising its ad rates….