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<ref name=layoffs>[https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2022/gannett-reports-disastrous-financial-results-layoffs-are-coming/ ''Poynter.org'', "Gannett reports disastrous financial results; layoffs are coming", August 4, 2022]</ref> At the end of August, the company announced that it was laying off 3% of its United States workforce, which was about 400 employees. At this announcement, Gannett also said they would not be filling 400 open positions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fu |first1=Angela |title=After weeks of silence, Gannett revealed that it laid off 400 employees and cut 400 open positions |url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2022/gannett-august-2022-layoffs-400-employees/ |access-date=September 3, 2022 |publisher=Poynter |date=August 31, 2022}}</ref>
At the time of the announcement, Gannett
In October, the company announced the second round of financial austerity steps. These included the requirement that all employees take a week of unpaid leave in December, and a suspension of matching contributions to employee 401(k) accounts. Gannett also instituted a hiring freeze and is seeking volunteers for buyouts.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fu |first1=Angela |title=Gannett announces new cuts including mandatory unpaid leave and buyouts |url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2022/gannett-announces-new-cuts-including-mandatory-unpaid-leave-and-buyouts/ |access-date=October 13, 2022 |publisher=Poynter |date=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
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Gannett announced around 200 more layoffs, or 6% of the news division, in November.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edmonds |first=Rick |date=2022-11-17 |title=Gannett tells its news division that more layoffs are coming Dec. 1 |url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2022/gannett-tells-its-news-division-that-more-layoffs-are-coming-dec-1/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Poynter |language=en-US}}</ref>
As part of the cuts, Gannett stopped printing six community papers, collectively known as the Observer and Eccentric chain, in southeast [[Michigan
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