Newsonomics: As McClatchy Reorgs, A New Set Of Money Men Enters The News Industry spotlight

Whenever the definitive history of daily newspapering is written, 2019 will be recorded as a major turning point. Today, one year-long drama comes to a close, or at least an act break: New Gannett, the result of America’s two largest newspaper companies merging, will become a reality as the ...

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Newsonomics: The Gannett–GateHouse Merger Is Really Happening, And Expect To See More Than 10% Of Jobs Cut Off The Top

The megamerger is really happening. Expect the new Gannett — the brand that will survive that chain’s acquisition by GateHouse Media — to officially take wobbly flight soon, perhaps around Thanksgiving. Both companies, the country’s No. 1 and No. 2 newspaper publishers, say it’s full speed ...

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Newsonomics: The Perils — And Promises — Of New Gannett

  There’s the megamerger, and then there are the numbers: $1.8 billion, 11.5 percent interest, 5 years, $300 million, 18 percent…and many more.   RELATED ARTICLE Newsonomics: The GateHouse/Gannett newspaper megamerger could be announced as soon as Monday morning August 4, 2019 ...

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Newsonomics: The GateHouse/Gannett Newspaper Megamerger Could Be Announced As Soon As Monday Morning

  Editor’s note: Gannett and GateHouse officially announced the merger Monday afternoon. Here’s the company announcement, confirming that the company will be called Gannett, be based at Gannett’s headquarters, and retain GateHouse’s New Media Investment Group CEO Mike Reed. Barring ...

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Newsonomics: Canada’s Government Imagines What a News-Less Future Might Look Like

Given our stunning recent news weeks here in the U.S., you may have missed a little story from up north in mid-November. In what was truly an extraordinary statement, the government of Canada is now considering “what the media landscape would look like without the country’s two largest ...

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