Media: Shrinking Newspaper Employment

"On April 20, Elizabeth Grieco reported for Pew Research Center that newspapers in the U.S. have lost half their newsroom employees since 2008." 

     The new giant of the newspaper industry---Gannett after a merger with GateHouse---continues to fire staff, including some employees in Alabama.
      Some Gannett employees at The Montgomery Advertiser are in the middle of three months during which they must take time off without pay.
Poynter mentions four recent Gannett layoffs in the state:

Alabama

Edwin Stanton, executive sports editor at the Tuscaloosa News, tweeted, “Friday is my final day with The Tuscaloosa News as I have been laid off. It’s been an honor to work with the most talented group of people in this profession for the past 14 years. It’s also been a privilege writing about the fantastic people of this community. God bless.”
Poynter learned that three people were laid off from The Gadsden Times.