Thursday, November 12, 2020

Medford Needs Nell Escobar Coakley to TAKE A BUYOUT from Gannett; Irrelevant Weekly Paper Could Thrive with Escobar-Coakley's Departure

MICHAEL J. MCGLYNN HAS TOO MUCH CONTROL OVER MEDFORD'S WEEKLY GANNETT PUBLICATION...


WE ALLEGED THAT NELL ESCOBAR COAKLEY TAKES ORDERS FROM THE FORMER MAYOR OF MEDFORD...ALLEGEDLY, ALLEGEDLY, ALLEGEDLY....TAKE THE BUYOUT, NELL!


 If Nell Escobar Coakley at the Medford Transcript takes a buyout from Gannett, the Medford paper could find that elusive relevance it seeks: Editor’s note: We’re gathering the names and numbers we can collect about these layoffs here.

Layoffs were underway Friday at Gannett, which merged with GateHouse in late 2019 to become the largest newspaper chain in the U.S. with 261 newspapers in 46 states.
We don’t yet have a clear picture of how many people and positions were affected and will update this story when we do.
It’s unclear if the layoffs are in response to the economic impact of the coronavirus or the result of the merger with Gatehouse, though one source told Poynter the cuts relate to the GateHouse/Gannett integration and that sites with overlap were getting the cuts. Gannett executives told The New York Times in November that they would look for “efficiencies” after the merger.https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2020/after-coronavirus-furloughs-gannett-newspapers-lay-off-journalists-around-the-country/

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