“Mike Reed - CEO of GateHouse’s parent company, New Media Investment Group - told Poynter media business analyst Rick Edmonds, ‘We are doing a small restructuring - at least that’s what I would call it - that I’m sure will be misreported. Mike Reed of the Projo's parent company told Business Insider that the cuts were "immaterial" to the company. Across the country, GateHouse - the Providence Journal’s parent company - slashed a reported 200 jobs on Thursday. Managing Editor Alan Rosenberg did not respond to a request for comment on the layoffs. The news comes less than a week after Whippen’s former company announced major cuts in Rhode Island, New England and across the country.Īs GoLocal reported last week, the latest reports are that as many as six more staffers in the Providence Journal newsroom have been cut, including sports and news staffers. Whippen also worked at the Boston Herald in the advertising department from 1996 to 2002. He is a former GateHouse Media executive in New England - he served as Director of Advertising from 2004 to 2007. Whippen is also the Chief Executive Officer for Washington Suburban Press Network (WSPN) and Media Prowler, both Jeff Bezos Companies.
The paper is being bought by Richard Whippen’s Whip It Media.
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In 1999, a second edition was added to serve Woonsocket, North Smithfield, and a bit later, Blackstone, Mass.” GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE - SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST The Breeze quickly grew in size and popularity. In its first week, 10,000 free 20-page newspapers were delivered in Cumberland and Lincoln. Ward and Quinn were joined by Marcia Green, of Cumberland, who served as editor. The Valley Breeze, one of the last locally owned media companies in Rhode Island, has been sold to a Virginia-based newspaper company run by a former top executive with GateHouse Media.Īccording to the Valley Breeze - the paper “was born in Ward’s home on Pound Road, Cumberland in March 1996. Ex-GateHouse Media Executive Buys Valley Breeze
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