The former publisher of the Telegram & Gazette, who was more recently elevated to a regional executive role with the newspaper's parent company, has departed Gannett the same week as many of its newspapers announced buyouts.
Longtime journalists at the Worcester Telegram & Gazette had their final day on the job Tuesday as the newspaper offered buyouts as a small part of roughly 500 who were voluntarily let go of by parent company Gannett.
The owner of the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise, Lowell Sun and the Boston Herald has acquired a 9.4% ownership stake in GateHouse Media and could vote against a proposed merger between that company and Gannett, the publisher of USA Today.Â
The Worcester Magazine, now over a year under Worcester Telegram & Gazette parent company GateHouse Media, will replace a regular section of the city’s main newspaper.Â
Worcester Magazine's editorial staff is down to just one reporter, the Telegram & Gazette lost six positions and hundreds of other journalists, photographers and hundreds of other employees working for newspaper giant GateHouse Media are jobless after a round of cuts.