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Gannett to layoff 1,000 as ad sales slide

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Posted: Jul 01, 2009 at 1136 hrs IST

San Francisco Gannett Co. Inc Co, which owns top-selling newspaper USA Today, is laying off more than 1,000 staff to try and combat persistent declines in revenue, the ‘Wall Street Journal’ reported on Tuesday.

The cuts will come from the company's Community Publishing division, which groups more than 80 local dailies, the newspaper citing a person familiar with the company's thinking as saying.

The Wall Street Journal added that it was unclear precisely how many jobs will be lost, but cited the source as saying it will be under 2,000.

Shares in Gannett, which posted a 60 per cent drop in quarterly earings when it reported first-quarter results in April, held steady in after-hours trade.

The US newspaper industry is struggling as the recession prompts advertisers to slash budgets and readers go online for their news.

At USA TODAY, advertising sales plummeted 33.5 per cent in the first quarter.

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