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2014-09-05 Economy

USA Today Axes Dozens; Marched Out, Email Cut

[BREITBART] Up to 70 veteran USA Today journalists, editors, and others were laid off Wednesday, and reports claim that the newly unemployed were "marched out by security" and within 15 minutes had their email accounts shut off.

The layoffs came as no surprise after the Gannett Company followed the lead of many other companies that have already separated and spun off their dying publishing business into separate companies. It was only a few weeks ago that Gannett did the same.

USA Today is Gannett's flagship publication and enjoys the highest circulation of any other American newspaper. Nonetheless, The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reports that "The publishing division has not had year-over-year revenue growth since 2006."

In the second quarter of this year, it posted a 37.5 percent decline in operating income, to $53.2 million from $85 million, compared with the same quarter a year ago.

Some of the paper's most senior and best-known writers were laid off, including the pop music critic Edna Gundersen, who announced her departure on Twitter. "Today is my last day at USA Today, after 30 years. I was laid off this morning, along with several great colleagues. Onward," she wrote.

The film critic Scott Bowles, who worked for USA Today for 17 years before he was let go, said, "I have been amazed by the names and reputations of some of the people on this list; these are bigwigs. Big names."

Posted by Fred 2014-09-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 I hope they kept the guy who makes the colorful charts on the corner of the page. It is the only thing I look at while I walk past without picking up the newspaper.

Posted by Airandee 2014-09-05 06:37|| 2014-09-05 06:37|| Front Page Top

#2 "marched out by security"

AKA The Bum's Rush...

Posted by Raj 2014-09-05 08:57|| 2014-09-05 08:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, it's a procedure taught in IT well over 25 years ago. It's bad enough that external threats exist to the systems today, but internal threats are just as important to prevent access as well. Meet Mr. Snowden.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-09-05 09:03|| 2014-09-05 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 We had a simular occurance at an old employer of mine. Word got out that if you pick up your desk phone and there was no dial tone... You would be getting bad news. This was at a telco... Did they think nobody would figure it out?
I was out of town at the time... no clue what happened until I returned and there was an armed security guard at the door and I had to show ID. I had dial tone.

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-09-05 10:30|| 2014-09-05 10:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Your personal assistant crying is also a bad sign. Especially if you're married to her/it.

Posted by Shipman 2014-09-05 10:45|| 2014-09-05 10:45|| Front Page Top

#6 USA crossword puzzles are good also--not so ridiculous as the snobby NYTs crosswords.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-05 19:45|| 2014-09-05 19:45|| Front Page Top

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