NPR covers the cost-cutting that looms on the horizon from the Gannett/Gatehouse merger. From the piece:
MIKE REED (CEO of the new Gannett): When you backtrack over a number of years, we have been labeled as an aggressive cost-cutter. And we have reduced costs pretty rapidly over the years. The thing I would point out that – it’s easy to be negative. It’s easy to be a hater. I don’t know if all the criticism has actually been fair.
When you can’t attack them on the substance, blame the attitude.
We’re proposing a very fair 95% cut. I don’t know why people have issues with this. It’s a business, not a public service.