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Providence Journal parent reports $27.8M loss in 2023

Economic Activity 02/22/2024

PROVIDENCE – Gannett Co., parent company of The Providence Journal, on Thursday reported a year-end loss that narrowed to $27.8 million in 2023, or...

Providence Journal parent narrows Q2 loss to $12.7 million

Economic Activity 08/03/2023

PROVIDENCE – Gannett Co., parent company of The Providence Journal and several other local newspapers, on Thursday said second quarter losses narrowed to $12.7...

Projo parent posts $54.1M loss in Q3

Economic Activity 11/03/2022

PROVIDENCE – Gannett Co., the parent company of The Providence Journal and other local publications, reported a loss of $54.1 million in the third...

ON-AIR READY: Along with hosting her own radio programs, Raskin Resources Productions owner and CEO Patricia Raskin is helping people produce their own podcasts.  PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Patricia Raskin, owner and CEO, Raskin Resources Productions

Business Services 08/20/2020

PBN 2020 Leaders & Achievers Awards Patricia Raskin | Owner and CEO, Raskin Resources Productions PATRICIA RASKIN IS A SELF-MADE woman, and a lot of...

A nation faces a crossroads as capital structure influences public discourse

Editorial and Op-Ed 08/09/2019

With New Media Investment Group Inc.’s proposed takeover of Gannett Co., it may be time to take stock at just how such news organization...

NEW MEDIA INVESTMENT Group has agreed to purchase Gannett for $1.38 billion. New Media owns and operates the Providence Journal. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

Are you worried that The Providence Journal parent company’s acquisition of...

This Week's Poll 08/09/2019

New Media Investment Group Inc., the parent company of The Providence Journal, has agreed to purchase Gannett Co., the publisher of USA Today, among...

NEW MEDIA INVESTMENT GROUP, owner of The Providence Journal, among other local papers, reported a profit of $2.6 million in the second quarter of 2019. / PBN FILE PHOTO/PAM BHATIA

New Media posts $2.6M profit in Q2, 78% drop over the...

Economic Activity 08/05/2019

PROVIDENCE – The same day that it announced its purchase of Gannett Co., New Media Investment Group Inc. reported a second-quarter profit of $2.6...

SHELL GAME: Bill Ostendorf, left, Creative Circle Media Solutions president and founder, with programmer Tim Benson. A former editor at The Providence Journal, Ostendorf says recurring layoffs have left the paper “a shell of what it used to be.”  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

No way out for newspapers

Cover Story 08/02/2019

The sprawling four-floor, brick building with arched windows at 75 Fountain St. in downtown Providence still appears to be the quintessential American metropolitan daily...