GANNETT CO., parent of The Providence Journal and other local newspapers, commenced a new round of companywide layoffs in its news division Thursday. / PBN FILE GPHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES
PROVIDENCE – Gannett Co., parent of The Providence Journal and other local newspapers, has begun a new round of companywide layoffs in its news division. In a letter from the news division’s new interim head, Henry Faure Walker, on Nov. 18, those who will be laid off were to be informed on Dec. 1…