On Wednesday, the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT) posted that Gannett has submitted the federally required WARN letter regarding the layoffs.
According to the filing, the layoffs will be effective March 10, 2025.
New Printing Construct
"The decision to close our printing facility in Providence was prompted by an insurmountable supply chain issue," a company spokesperson said in a statement. "The press utilizes specific plates produced by a single manufacturer, who will be discontinuing their production – rendering our press inoperable."
The Journal added that the Kinsley Avenue plant also prints USA TODAY and nine other local Gannett newspapers; their printing will shift to a Gannett plant in Auburn, Massachusetts.
Gannett has not posted any press releases to its website since September 20, 2024.
Newspapers are seeing dramatic declines in circulation — and the Providence Journal is being hit as hard as any.
According to the Alliance for Audited Media, the print circulation of the Providence Journal has now fallen below 20,000 a day Monday through Saturday.
Just 1.8% of Rhode Islanders subscribe to the print version of the paper.
First published: 11/12/2024 12:34 PM
Updated: 11/13/2024 9:48 AM
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