Gannett, owner of the Gainesville Sun and Ocala Star-Banner, announced employee furloughs
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Published: Mar. 31, 2020 at 5:24 AM EDT
The damage to the economy is causing even more hardship for the newspaper industry.
Gannett, the owner of the Gainesville Sun and Ocala Star-Banner, announced an unspecified number of employees will be furloughed.
Those who remain will suffer pay cuts.
It is not known how many employees of the Sun and Star-Banner may be affected, but the Gannett CEO said: "Everyone will be touched by these changes in some form."
The cutbacks are scheduled to begin this week.
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