200 more Gannett jobs slashed

Gannett, the owner of USA Today, slashed more than 200 jobs on Thursday in its first big downsizing since its takeover by New Media Investment Group’s GateHouse Media last month.

At least 20% of the cuts hit newsrooms.

New Media aka GateHouse Media took over Gannett, but let Gannett keep its name despite the merger.

The tally was provided by a crowd-sourced spreadsheet on media website Poynter.org, which counted 204 cuts by the end of Friday across 46 daily papers, including the elimination of 41 newsroom jobs.

The Indianapolis Star lost 29 jobs, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 11 and the Louisville Courier-Journal 9.

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